I don't suppose you could point to any resources on where I could get started. I have a M2 with 64gb of unified memory and it'd be nice to make it work rather than burning Github credits.

https://ollama.com

Although I'm starting to like LMStudio more, as it has more features that Ollama is missing.

https://lmstudio.ai

You can then get Claude to create the MCP server to talk to either. Then a CLAUDE.md that tells it to read the models you have downloaded, determine their use and when to offload. Claude will make all that for you as well.

Which local models are you using for the 32gb MacBooks?

LM Studio is fantastic for playing with local models.