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docs: further tweaks to multi-backend alpha docs
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Titus-von-Koeller committed Sep 30, 2024
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</hfoption>
<hfoption id="Apple Silicon (MPS)">

Apple Silicon support is still a WIP. Please visit and write us in [this Github Discussion space on coordinating the kickoff of MPS backend development](#PLACEHOLDER) and coordinate a community-led effort to implement this backend.
> [!TIP]
> Apple Silicon support is still a WIP. Please visit and write us in [this Github Discussion space on coordinating the kickoff of MPS backend development](https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/discussions/1340) and coordinate a community-led effort to implement this backend.
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<hfoption id="Linux">

```
# Note, if you don't want to reinstall BNBs dependencies, append the `--no-deps` flag!
pip install --force-reinstall 'https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/releases/download/continuous-release_multi-backend-refactor/bitsandbytes-0.44.1.dev0-py3-none-manylinux_2_24_x86_64.whl'
```

</hfoption>
<hfoption id="Windows">

```
# Note, if you don't want to reinstall BNBs dependencies, append the `--no-deps` flag!
pip install --force-reinstall 'https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/releases/download/continuous-release_multi-backend-refactor/bitsandbytes-0.44.1.dev0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl'
```

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> [!WARNING]
> bitsandbytes does not yet support Apple Silicon / Metal with a dedicated backend. However, the build infrastructure is in place and the below pip install will eventually provide Apple Silicon support as it comes available on the `multi-backend-refactor` branch based on community contributions. If you're interested to work on this (we might even have limited funding the the Mozilla foundation), please contact us by tagging @Titus-von-Koeller and @matthewdouglas in a Github discussion on our repo.
> bitsandbytes does not yet support Apple Silicon / Metal with a dedicated backend. However, the build infrastructure is in place and the below pip install will eventually provide Apple Silicon support as it becomes available on the `multi-backend-refactor` branch based on community contributions.
```
# Note, if you don't want to reinstall BNBs dependencies, append the `--no-deps` flag!
pip install --force-reinstall 'https://github.com/bitsandbytes-foundation/bitsandbytes/releases/download/continuous-release_multi-backend-refactor/bitsandbytes-0.44.1.dev0-py3-none-macosx_13_1_arm64.whl'
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