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## Blender Version
Follow one of the guides below to obtain your Blender version number, then
share it on your bug reporting form like this: `Blender 4.1.1`
share it on your bug reporting form.
### Downloaded from Blender Website
Navigate to where Blender is installed and right click on it and select `Get Info`.
You will find the Blender version number in the section `General > Version`.
#### Command Line
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version.jpg)
Open a terminal and run the command `/path/to/blender --version`. In the output
you will find the information we're interested in. They are Blender version,
commit date, hash, and branch *(Blender 4.2+)*. Combine these details together
and put them on your report form like this:
`Blender 4.2.0 - branch: main - commit date: 2024-05-16 20:40 - hash: 1558bc7cb428`
The path to Blender is typically `/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender`
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version_command_line.jpg)
#### GUI
Navigate to where Blender is installed and right click on it and select `Get Info`.
You will find the Blender version number in the section `General > Version`. Share
this information on your bug reporting form like this: `Blender 4.1.1 2024-04-16`
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version_gui.jpg)
### Downloaded from Steam
Open Steam, right click on Blender and select the option
`Manage > Browse local files`. A file browser will appear showing where
Blender is installed. Right click on Blender and select `Get Info`.
You will find the Blender version number in the section `General > Version`.
#### Command Line
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version_steam.jpg)
Open Steam, right click on Blender and select the option
`Manage > Browse local files`. Finder will open showing where
Blender is installed. Right click on Blender and select `Show Package Contents`
then navigate to the folder `/Contents/MacOS/`. Here you will find the Blender
executable we want to run in a terminal with the `--version` launch argument.
Like this: `/path/to/blender --version`. The output of the command will include the
Blender version, commit date, hash, and branch *(Blender 4.2+)*. Combine these
together and put them on your report form like this:
`Blender 4.2.0 - branch: main - commit date: 2024-05-16 20:40 - hash: 1558bc7cb428`
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version_steam_command_line.jpg)
#### GUI
Open Steam, right click on Blender and select the option
`Manage > Browse local files`. Finder will open showing where
Blender is installed. Right click on Blender and select `Get Info`.
You will find the Blender version number in the section `General > Version`. Share
this information on your bug reporting form like this: `Blender 4.1.1 2024-04-16`
![](./images/macOS_get_blender_version_steam_gui.jpg)