Version Numbering in Apple Software Platforms

Version Numbering Explained

Software is an indispensable part of our lives. We encounter it in all areas both personal and professional. Every software comes with a version number. Searching for that new feature in your iPhone and having trouble finding it? Make sure you are running the correct version of iOS. Encountering a nagging bug on your Mac? It was fixed in that updated release of macOS.

We encounter version numbers for software and operating systems all the time. But regular folks, tech-savvy people, and even software developers themselves often find them baffling. Do the version numbers follow some kind…