LKBEN11649: How to find your MacOS version from the command line.
Symptom
You only have a terminal windows and need to know the version of your MacOS.
Cause
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Solution
A simple way to find your MacOS version from the command line is:
sw_vers
You do not need root rights to run the command. The output will look like:
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 12.6.3
BuildVersion: 21G419
Have fun.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 27.02.2023