How to fix the Ollama download restarting issue on MacBook

If your Ollama model download keeps restarting near the end, an unstable connection is usually resetting the transfer.

The fix

Run the pull command inside a retry loop so it resumes automatically until it completes. Ollama keeps the partial download, so each retry continues where it left off.

until ollama pull llama3; do echo "retrying..."; sleep 2; done

Why it works

Ollama resumes partial downloads. Looping the command simply re-triggers the resume until the model is fully fetched, instead of you watching and restarting manually.