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Darkbloom help for Mac providers

Fixes and answers for running a Darkbloom provider on an Apple Silicon Mac, from what we’ve measured and what providers report. For BloomGauge itself, see the guide.

Why is my Mac online but not getting Darkbloom jobs?

Your Mac shows as online in Darkbloom and may still earn base rewards, but no paid requests arrive. The common causes (routing stalls, pending verification, a drained provider, low demand) and how to fix each one.

Darkbloom verification pending: MDM, App Attest and trust on macOS 27

Darkbloom only sends paid work to Macs it has verified. What self_signed, pending App Attest and untrusted mean, how macOS 27 replaces the MDM profile with App Attest, and how to get a Mac verified again.

Darkbloom provider stuck draining after a restart

Since Darkbloom 0.9.9, start and restart drain first. If the drain times out, the provider stays running but serves nothing. How to tell and how to fix it.

Which Darkbloom model should I run on my Mac?

How to pick a Darkbloom model for your Mac: what earns steadily, what pays during demand spikes, what makes a good fallback, and which models fit on 24, 32, 48, 64 GB and larger Macs.

How much can a Mac earn on Darkbloom?

What decides what your Mac earns as a Darkbloom provider: hardware, the model you run, network demand and uptime. Plus how to read confirmed credits versus estimates.

Darkbloom model won’t load: not enough memory

A Darkbloom model refuses to load or says it needs more memory, even though your Mac should fit it. Why the macOS file cache causes this and how to clear it.

Darkbloom “machine_busy” or “your machine is at capacity” while the Mac is idle

Why a self-routed Darkbloom request can return machine_busy or “your machine is at capacity (timed out waiting for a free slot)” while your Mac is idle, what the coordinator is checking, what providers saw on Qwen 3.6 in September 2026, and what to try.

Running Ollama or another local AI server next to Darkbloom

Does Ollama on port 11434 block the Darkbloom provider? What actually conflicts (memory and GPU, not the port), what darkbloom doctor’s “competing inference” check means, how to see what is listening with lsof, and how to fix the port 8000 bind error.

darkbloom unenroll errors: moving from MDM to App Attest, step by step

How to move a Mac from Darkbloom’s MDM profile to App Attest with darkbloom unenroll, what each error means (“authorization is unconfirmed”, “removal is not enabled”, “Could not verify the exact Darkbloom enrollment profile”) and how to fix it. From Darkbloom’s docs and the command’s source.

Running Darkbloom on a headless Mac: no monitor, SSH and automatic login

How to run a Darkbloom provider on a Mac without a monitor: why SSH alone isn’t enough for App Attest, the automatic login, auto-logout and sleep settings darkbloom doctor checks, managing it over Screen Sharing, and what to do about “launchctl bootstrap failed”.

Darkbloom provider on a Mac: setup checklist

A checklist for running a Darkbloom provider on an Apple Silicon Mac: requirements, keeping it awake and online, checking it serves, and what to watch afterwards.

How to maximize Darkbloom earnings on a Mac

A checklist for earning more as a Darkbloom provider on an Apple Silicon Mac: keep a model loaded, stay connected and verified, pick models by demand, fix stalls fast and track real earnings, based on Darkbloom’s docs and provider reports.

How Darkbloom pays Mac providers: token earnings and base rewards

Darkbloom pays Mac providers in two ways: per-token earnings for requests served, and a base reward every 5 minutes set by memory tier. The rules, tier amounts and what breaks them, from Darkbloom’s own docs.

How Darkbloom decides which Mac gets a request

Darkbloom sends each request to the Mac expected to answer fastest. There is no reputation score. How routing works, why Gemma needs a Mac to itself, and what it means for your earnings.

Darkbloom model prices: what each model pays per million tokens

Darkbloom’s price for every model, per million input, output and cached tokens, from its public /v1/pricing endpoint, with what each column means, how a request’s pay is worked out and where to check the live prices.

Darkbloom withdrawals: minimums, fees, countries and “On the way”

How Darkbloom providers withdraw earnings through Stripe: the $1 minimum, the free standard and 1.5% instant options, international bank withdrawals and country availability, what “temporarily unavailable” and “On the way” mean, and what happens when a withdrawal fails.

Where Darkbloom’s paid requests come from: OpenRouter and the Darkbloom API

Paid requests reach Darkbloom Macs from Darkbloom’s own API and from OpenRouter, where Darkbloom is a paid provider. How OpenRouter picks providers (price, outages, sticky caching), how Darkbloom’s prices compare, and what that means for your Mac’s earnings.

Darkbloom on a 24 GB or 32 GB Mac: what fits and what it earns

Which Darkbloom models fit on a 24–36 GB Mac, why most small Macs earn nothing today, and how to collect the $10–12 monthly base reward reliably.

Darkbloom 0.9.10: live model switching and on-demand loading

Darkbloom 0.9.10 adds darkbloom switch, preloads models on every start and loads models on demand. What changed, and the gotchas that leave a Mac earning nothing.

Darkbloom apps for Mac providers compared

The Darkbloom console and the community apps for Mac providers compared: BloomGauge (formerly Bloomkeeper), Darkbloom Monitor, Darkbloom Dashboard, Darkbloom Control, darkbloom-manager and Darkbloom Live & Stats.

Is Darkbloom worth it on a Mac?

An honest answer for Mac owners: what the Darkbloom base reward pays by memory, why most Macs serve few paid requests, what it costs in electricity, why the calculator overstates, what verification asks of your Mac, and who it suits.

Darkbloom on a Mac Studio: what Max and Ultra Macs earn

What Darkbloom’s public data shows about Mac Studios: how much of the network’s work Max and Ultra Studios get by memory, why speed and memory matter, base rewards from $18 to $40 a month, and what can’t be known about per-Mac earnings.

Does Darkbloom cover its electricity cost?

How much power a Mac draws while serving Darkbloom, what that costs per day at example electricity prices, and how it compares with the base reward and typical earnings. With Apple’s published power figures and a simple formula.

Is Darkbloom safe? What access it gets to your Mac

What the Darkbloom provider installs and runs on your Mac, what it can see of other people’s prompts, exactly what its MDM profile is allowed to do, how App Attest replaces it on macOS 27, what is public, and how to remove it. From Darkbloom’s own docs.