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