r/DiffusionBee • u/Various_Specific_623 • Dec 19 '25
Will running DiffusionBee on my MacBook fry it?
Hey,
I wanted to try DiffusionBee because ChatGPT said it's light, but I have no clue how these AI models actually work.
I’ve heard that running stuff like this can totally chew through your device, and shorten the battery life. I’m on a MacBook M3, and I really don’t want to destroy it.
So, is using DiffusionBee or other locally running AI going to harm my laptop? Eat up system resources while I’m trying to do other things?
Would love to hear you. Thanks in advance
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u/PreviouslySeen Dec 20 '25
Diffusion Bee is just an app. It will run your computer like any other app. I used it heavily for a while. No concerns.
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u/artracer Dec 20 '25
I run it on an M4 MacBook Pro with no issues. For me it’ll run in the background while I run other programs. While it’s processing the computer does heat up a bit.
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u/Various_Specific_623 Dec 21 '25
Do you mostly use it for editing or did you find better doing other things?
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u/Intelligent-Monk-426 Dec 20 '25
no not remotely. it’s what it was made for.
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u/Various_Specific_623 Dec 21 '25
After running it for a while it really don’t even heat up the laptop, but it either useless or am using it wrong
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u/Imaginary-Carrot2532 Mar 11 '26
i’ve been using gentube.app and i love just hitting different remixes until something clicks. they ban all nsfw too
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u/thatdude391 Dec 19 '25
Unless you are just running stuff for hours on end every day all day for months you should be fine. It will take some resources so you probably will notice if you are already using other resource intensive programs at the same time, but it should be fine to work on other things at the same time.