I installed tensorflow-mac and tensorflow-metal on an iMac 2021 27" running Big Sur with an AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT. I am running Python 3.8.5
(tensorflow-metal) (base) davidlaxer@x86_64-apple-darwin13 ~ % pip list
Package Version Location
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tensorboard 2.5.0
tensorboard-data-server 0.6.1
tensorboard-plugin-wit 1.8.0
tensorflow 2.5.0
tensorflow-estimator 2.5.0
tensorflow-hub 0.12.0
tensorflow-macos 2.5.0
tensorflow-metal 0.1.1
tensorflow-text 2.5.0
When I try to import tensorflow I get this error:
% ipython
Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep 4 2020, 02:22:02)
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 7.24.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.
In [1]: import tensorflow
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NotFoundError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-d6579f534729> in <module>
----> 1 import tensorflow
~/tensorflow-metal/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py in <module>
447 _plugin_dir = _os.path.join(_s, 'tensorflow-plugins')
448 if _os.path.exists(_plugin_dir):
--> 449 _ll.load_library(_plugin_dir)
450 # Load Pluggable Device Library
451 _ll.load_pluggable_device_library(_plugin_dir)
~/tensorflow-metal/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/load_library.py in load_library(library_location)
152
153 for lib in kernel_libraries:
--> 154 py_tf.TF_LoadLibrary(lib)
155
156 else:
NotFoundError: dlopen(/Users/davidlaxer/tensorflow-metal/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tensorflow-plugins/libmetal_plugin.dylib, 6): Symbol not found: _TF_AssignUpdateVariable
Referenced from: /Users/davidlaxer/tensorflow-metal/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tensorflow-plugins/libmetal_plugin.dylib
Expected in: flat namespace
