Release Candidate

A release candidate build (RC) is typically the final build of a piece of software in the beta stages for developers. Typically it is the final build before a major release.

Up until before iOS/iPadOS 14.2, Apple used Golden Master (GM) but with 14.2 that changed to release candidate.

macOS

 * 11.0.1 -
 * 11.1 -
 * 11.2 - ,

audioOS

 * 14.3 -
 * 14.4 -

iOS/iPadOS

 * 14.2 -  (  was release)
 * 14.3 - ,
 * 14.4 -

tvOS

 * 14.2 -
 * 14.3 -
 * 14.4 -

watchOS

 * 7.1 -  (  was release)
 * 7.2 -
 * 7.3 -