# AppleAccelerate mystery

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appleaccelerate-mystery/130787>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appleaccelerate-mystery/130787 "2025-07-16T17:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ctkelley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ctkelley/32/10684_2.png) [@ctkelley](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ctkelley)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appleaccelerate-mystery/130787/1 "2025-07-16T17:55:14Z")

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When I use AppleAccelerate I’d expect that OpenBLAS would go away, but that  
is not the case. Is this what I should expect or is something going wrong?

Apple Mac Mini, M2 pro, latest OS

```julia
julia --startup=no
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.12.0-rc1 (2025-07-12)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org release
|__/ |

julia> using LinearAlgebra

julia> using LinearAlgebra.BLAS

julia> display(BLAS.get_config())
LinearAlgebra.BLAS.LBTConfig
Libraries:
└ [ILP64] libopenblas64_.dylib

julia> using AppleAccelerate

julia> display(BLAS.get_config())
LinearAlgebra.BLAS.LBTConfig
Libraries:
├ [ILP64] libopenblas64_.dylib
├ [LP64] Accelerate
└ [ILP64] Accelerate

```

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appleaccelerate-mystery/130787/2 "2025-07-16T17:58:16Z")

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This is expected. OpenBlas remains as a fallback.

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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/appleaccelerate-mystery/130787/3 "2025-07-16T19:54:02Z")

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AppleAccelerate is only for LP64, right?