Draw Things: FLUX.2 and LTX-2.3 on Apple M5 Max

This tutorial uses Draw Things to generate images and video locally on an Apple M5 Max with 128GB of unified memory. The presenter selects FLUX.2 [klein], a 9 billion parameter model, and demonstrates model switching, canvas size, aspect ratio and sampling steps. He also reports testing an M1 Max. Support for an M3 MacBook Air is a claim he repeats, rather than a configuration he tests here.

The image examples show the limits of the settings as well as the results. A five-step generation produces broken lettering. Increasing the setting to 16 steps takes roughly a minute in the demonstrated run, but the presenter still finds faults in the text. Activity Monitor shows about 59GB of memory in use during the image tests; this is an observation from his machine, not a minimum requirement.

A FLUX.1 dev comparison uses the same prompt with 28 default steps, though the presenter also changes the image size. He then compares a ChatGPT course thumbnail with a local result using a reference photo. The reference workflow gives inconsistent results, and he leaves masking unexplored.

The LTX video attempt takes about eight minutes, with displayed memory usage rising past 90GB. The presenter judges the output poor. HiDream 01 is discussed separately as unavailable for his Apple MLX setup at recording time, so the tutorial does not demonstrate it.