macOS System Information¶
Blender 4.3+ - Semi-Automated Information Collection¶
In Blender 4.3 we added a script that helps automatically collect system information in the case that Blender isn't opening. The steps to use it are as follows:
- Navigate to where Blender is installed. This is usually the
Applications
folder.- If you installed Blender through Steam, then you can find where Blender is installed
by right clicking on Blender in Steam selecting
Manage > Browse local files
.
- If you installed Blender through Steam, then you can find where Blender is installed
by right clicking on Blender in Steam selecting
- Right click on
Blender
and selectShow Package Contents
- Navigate to the
/Contents/Resources/
folder and there you will find the scriptblender-system-info.sh
. - Open the
Terminal
app and drag and drop the script into the Terminal and pressReturn
to run it. - The script will collect information about your computer and Blender and open the bug reporting web page, automatically filling it out with the information it collected.
- The script is unable to collect information about your graphics card, so you will
need to collect this information manually by following
Graphics Card
section of the guide below.
Operating System¶
Select from the top bar of macOS Apple Icon > About This Mac
. Here you will find
your macOS version beside the field macOS
.
Share the information on the report form like this: macOS 14.4.1
Graphics Card¶
Open Launchpad from the dock, then search for and open the System Information
app. You will be find your graphics card information in the section
Hardware > Graphics/Display
. The information we're interested in is the
Chipset Model
and Metal Support
.
Combine these details together and share them in your bug report form
like this: Apple M1 Pro - Metal 3
Blender Version¶
Follow one of the guides below to obtain your Blender version number, then share it on your bug reporting form.
Downloaded from Blender Website¶
There are two main ways we recommend finding the Blender version. Through the command line, or through a GUI.
Command Line¶
Open the terminal app 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
GUI¶
Navigate to where Blender is installed, 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
Downloaded from Steam¶
There are two main ways we recommend finding the Blender version. Through the command line, or through a GUI.
Command Line¶
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. Open the terminal app and run the command /path/to/blender --version
,
using the Blender executable found earlier. 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
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