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docs: add Homebrew installation to README#834

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What does this PR do?

Adds documentation to the README for installing Text Embeddings Inference on Apple Silicon (M1 and so on) via a Homebrew prebuilt binary:

brew install text-embeddings-inference

This makes it easier for Mac users to get started without needing to build from source.

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Thanks @Peredery, maybe you can also include it on https://github.com/huggingface/text-embeddings-inference/blob/main/docs/source/en/local_metal.md too?

Hi! Thanks for review, I added to this file :)

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@alvarobartt alvarobartt merged commit c9902fd into huggingface:main Feb 23, 2026
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