diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index bb2ea3f62e..4c98c5c08f 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics YOLO 🚀, AGPL-3.0 license
 
-__version__ = "8.2.7"
+__version__ = "8.2.8"
 
 from ultralytics.data.explorer.explorer import Explorer
 from ultralytics.models import RTDETR, SAM, YOLO, YOLOWorld
diff --git a/ultralytics/data/build.py b/ultralytics/data/build.py
index d0773737a2..6fa611cc40 100644
--- a/ultralytics/data/build.py
+++ b/ultralytics/data/build.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from ultralytics.data.loaders import (
     autocast_list,
 )
 from ultralytics.data.utils import IMG_FORMATS, VID_FORMATS
-from ultralytics.utils import NUM_THREADS, RANK, colorstr
+from ultralytics.utils import LINUX, NUM_THREADS, RANK, colorstr
 from ultralytics.utils.checks import check_file
 
 from .dataset import GroundingDataset, YOLODataset, YOLOMultiModalDataset
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def seed_worker(worker_id):  # noqa
     worker_seed = torch.initial_seed() % 2**32
     np.random.seed(worker_seed)
     random.seed(worker_seed)
-    os.sched_setaffinity(0, range(NUM_THREADS))  # fix https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/11195
+    if LINUX and hasattr(os, "sched_setaffinity"):  # unsupported on macOS and Windows
+        os.sched_setaffinity(0, range(NUM_THREADS))  # fix https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/11195
 
 
 def build_yolo_dataset(cfg, img_path, batch, data, mode="train", rect=False, stride=32, multi_modal=False):