diff --git a/src/ideogram4/pipeline_ideogram4.py b/src/ideogram4/pipeline_ideogram4.py
index 0f16e12..2eab10e 100644
--- a/src/ideogram4/pipeline_ideogram4.py
+++ b/src/ideogram4/pipeline_ideogram4.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _load_fp8_text_encoder(
   )
   model = AutoModel.from_config(config, trust_remote_code=True)
   state_dict = _load_subfolder_state_dict(repo_id, text_encoder_subfolder, "model")
-  swap_linears_to_fp8(model, state_dict, compute_dtype=dtype)
+  swap_linears_to_fp8(model, state_dict, compute_dtype=dtype, device=device)
   # assign=True so unquantized params take the loaded dtype and the computed
   # rotary buffers (absent from the checkpoint) survive; tied weights, if any,
   # surface as benign missing keys.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def _build_transformer(
     # Weight-only FP8: cast the unquantized params to the compute dtype first,
     # then swap in Fp8Linear layers (which keep their weights as float8).
     model.to(dtype)
-    swap_linears_to_fp8(model, state_dict, compute_dtype=dtype)
+    swap_linears_to_fp8(model, state_dict, compute_dtype=dtype, device=device)
     load_fp8_state_dict(model, state_dict, device=device, dtype=dtype)
   else:
     model.load_state_dict(state_dict)
@@ -584,9 +584,16 @@ def __call__(
       device=self.device,
     )
 
+    # step_intervals is fixed for the whole generation, so warp it through the
+    # schedule once and read the values out as a Python list, rather than calling
+    # the schedule per element (twice per step) inside the loop. Pass a CPU tensor
+    # so the warp (which runs on CPU anyway) doesn't bounce the result back to the
+    # device just for tolist() to pull it off again.
+    schedule_values = schedule(step_intervals.cpu()).tolist()
+
     for i in range(num_steps - 1, -1, -1):
-      t_val = float(schedule(step_intervals[i + 1].unsqueeze(0)).item())
-      s_val = float(schedule(step_intervals[i].unsqueeze(0)).item())
+      t_val = schedule_values[i + 1]
+      s_val = schedule_values[i]
       t = torch.full((batch_size,), t_val, dtype=torch.float32, device=self.device)
 
       pos_z = torch.cat([text_z_padding, z], dim=1)
diff --git a/src/ideogram4/quantized_loading.py b/src/ideogram4/quantized_loading.py
index 99d1ce2..8c44337 100644
--- a/src/ideogram4/quantized_loading.py
+++ b/src/ideogram4/quantized_loading.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import functools
 import warnings
 
 import bitsandbytes as bnb
@@ -161,16 +162,44 @@ def is_fp8_state_dict(state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> bool:
   )
 
 
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
+def _probe_fp8_support(device_str: str) -> bool:
+  try:
+    torch.zeros(1, dtype=FP8_WEIGHT_DTYPE, device=device_str).to(torch.float32)
+  except Exception:
+    return False
+  return True
+
+
+def device_supports_fp8(device: torch.device) -> bool:
+  """Whether ``device`` can store and cast ``float8_e4m3fn`` tensors.
+
+  Probed at runtime (cached per concrete device, e.g. ``cuda:0``, so a
+  heterogeneous multi-device setup is checked individually) rather than
+  hard-coded, since float8 support can vary by PyTorch build and device. In
+  practice PyTorch's MPS (Apple Silicon) backend has no float8 support - it can
+  neither hold the dtype nor convert it - and fails the probe, so there the FP8
+  weights must be dequantized to the compute dtype at load time; CUDA and CPU
+  pass on current builds. The live probe is authoritative.
+  """
+  return _probe_fp8_support(str(torch.device(device)))
+
+
 class Fp8Linear(nn.Module):
   """Linear layer holding an e4m3 float8 weight + per-row float32 scale.
 
   The weight and scale are registered as buffers (not parameters) so they load
   via ``load_state_dict`` and are excluded from optimizer/grad machinery. The
   dequantized matmul runs in ``compute_dtype``.
+
+  When ``store_fp8`` is False the layer holds an already-dequantized weight in
+  ``compute_dtype`` and no scale buffer; this is the path for devices that can't
+  store float8 (MPS). The half-size checkpoint download is still used; only the
+  in-memory weight is expanded.
   """
 
   weight: torch.Tensor
-  weight_scale: torch.Tensor
+  weight_scale: torch.Tensor | None
   bias: torch.Tensor | None
 
   def __init__(
@@ -179,23 +208,39 @@ def __init__(
     out_features: int,
     bias: bool,
     compute_dtype: torch.dtype,
+    *,
+    store_fp8: bool = True,
   ) -> None:
     super().__init__()
     self.in_features = in_features
     self.out_features = out_features
     self.compute_dtype = compute_dtype
-    self.register_buffer(
-      "weight",
-      torch.empty(out_features, in_features, dtype=FP8_WEIGHT_DTYPE),
-    )
-    self.register_buffer("weight_scale", torch.empty(out_features, dtype=torch.float32))
+    self.store_fp8 = store_fp8
+    if store_fp8:
+      self.register_buffer(
+        "weight",
+        torch.empty(out_features, in_features, dtype=FP8_WEIGHT_DTYPE),
+      )
+      self.register_buffer(
+        "weight_scale", torch.empty(out_features, dtype=torch.float32)
+      )
+    else:
+      self.register_buffer(
+        "weight",
+        torch.empty(out_features, in_features, dtype=compute_dtype),
+      )
+      self.weight_scale = None
     if bias:
       self.register_buffer("bias", torch.empty(out_features, dtype=compute_dtype))
     else:
       self.bias = None
 
   def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-    w = self.weight.to(x.dtype) * self.weight_scale.to(x.dtype).unsqueeze(1)
+    if self.store_fp8:
+      assert self.weight_scale is not None
+      w = self.weight.to(x.dtype) * self.weight_scale.to(x.dtype).unsqueeze(1)
+    else:
+      w = self.weight.to(x.dtype)
     bias = self.bias.to(x.dtype) if self.bias is not None else None
     return F.linear(x, w, bias)
 
@@ -204,6 +249,7 @@ def swap_linears_to_fp8(
   module: nn.Module,
   state_dict: dict[str, torch.Tensor],
   compute_dtype: torch.dtype,
+  device: torch.device,
   *,
   prefix: str = "",
 ) -> None:
@@ -211,8 +257,10 @@ def swap_linears_to_fp8(
 
   Gating on the presence of ``<name>.weight_scale`` means only layers that were
   actually quantized at save time are swapped; everything else loads normally in
-  the compute dtype.
+  the compute dtype. On devices that can't store float8 (MPS) the swapped layers
+  hold a dequantized ``compute_dtype`` weight instead (see ``Fp8Linear``).
   """
+  store_fp8 = device_supports_fp8(device)
   for name, child in list(module.named_children()):
     child_prefix = f"{prefix}{name}"
     if (
@@ -226,10 +274,13 @@ def swap_linears_to_fp8(
           child.out_features,
           bias=child.bias is not None,
           compute_dtype=compute_dtype,
+          store_fp8=store_fp8,
         ),
       )
     else:
-      swap_linears_to_fp8(child, state_dict, compute_dtype, prefix=f"{child_prefix}.")
+      swap_linears_to_fp8(
+        child, state_dict, compute_dtype, device, prefix=f"{child_prefix}."
+      )
 
 
 def load_fp8_state_dict(
@@ -255,13 +306,36 @@ def load_fp8_state_dict(
 
   ``strict=False`` downgrades missing keys to a warning (e.g. tied weights that a
   ``transformers`` model resolves itself); unexpected keys always raise.
+
+  On devices that can't store float8 (MPS) the FP8 weights are dequantized to
+  ``dtype`` here using their per-row scale, and the now-unused ``.weight_scale``
+  entries are dropped to match the dequantized ``Fp8Linear`` layout.
   """
+  store_fp8 = device_supports_fp8(device)
   prepared: dict[str, torch.Tensor] = {}
   for k, v in state_dict.items():
     if v.dtype == FP8_WEIGHT_DTYPE:
-      prepared[k] = v.to(device=device)
+      if store_fp8:
+        prepared[k] = v.to(device=device)
+      else:
+        # MPS can't cast float8, so dequantize on CPU (where the fp8 weights are
+        # loaded) before moving the result across to the target device.
+        if not k.endswith(".weight"):
+          raise RuntimeError(
+            f"unexpected FP8 tensor key {k!r} (expected it to end with '.weight')"
+          )
+        scale_key = k[: -len(".weight")] + FP8_SCALE_SUFFIX
+        if scale_key not in state_dict:
+          raise RuntimeError(
+            f"FP8 weight {k!r} has no matching scale {scale_key!r} in the checkpoint"
+          )
+        scale = state_dict[scale_key]
+        w = v.cpu().to(torch.float32) * scale.cpu().to(torch.float32).unsqueeze(1)
+        prepared[k] = w.to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
     elif k.endswith(FP8_SCALE_SUFFIX):
-      prepared[k] = v.to(device=device, dtype=torch.float32)
+      if store_fp8:
+        prepared[k] = v.to(device=device, dtype=torch.float32)
+      # else: folded into the dequantized weight above; drop the scale key.
     elif v.is_floating_point():
       prepared[k] = v.to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
     else:
diff --git a/src/ideogram4/scheduler.py b/src/ideogram4/scheduler.py
index d84b46b..72b9442 100644
--- a/src/ideogram4/scheduler.py
+++ b/src/ideogram4/scheduler.py
@@ -16,14 +16,27 @@ class LogitNormalSchedule:
   logsnr_max: float = 18.0
 
   def __call__(self, t: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-    t = t.to(torch.float64)
+    """Map step positions to noise levels (inference-time, non-differentiable).
+
+    Called from the sampler loop under ``torch.no_grad`` and read out as Python
+    scalars, so the CPU detour taken on MPS never participates in autograd.
+    """
+    device = t.device
+    # The float64 warp (ndtri/expit) needs precision at the tails. MPS supports
+    # neither float64 nor these special functions, so there the warp runs on CPU
+    # (a fused `.to(cpu, float64)` would still cast on the MPS side first and
+    # raise, hence the split). Other devices keep the original on-device path.
+    if device.type == "mps":
+      t = t.cpu().to(torch.float64)
+    else:
+      t = t.to(torch.float64)
     z = torch.special.ndtri(t)
     y = self.mean + self.std * z
     t_ = torch.special.expit(y)
     t_ = 1 - t_
     t_min = 1.0 / (1 + math.exp(0.5 * self.logsnr_max))
     t_max = 1.0 / (1 + math.exp(0.5 * self.logsnr_min))
-    return t_.clamp(t_min, t_max).to(torch.float32)
+    return t_.clamp(t_min, t_max).to(device=device, dtype=torch.float32)
 
 
 def get_schedule_for_resolution(