image generation model locals actually use

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Interesting, I hadn't tried that. I ended up in about the same place using LM Studio. Worth rechecking your defaults though, because one bad assumptio

What worked for me was pretty simple. On M3 Max, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives. Once you know the plain path works, then add the faster path back in piece by piece.