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 -,  ,
 * 11.3 -
 * 11.4 -
 * 11.5 - ,
 * 11.6.1 -,  ,  ,
 * 11.6.2 -,  ,  ,
 * 11.6.3 -,  ,
 * 11.6.4 -
 * 11.6.5 -,  ,  ,
 * 11.6.6 -,  ,  ,  ,
 * 11.6.7 - ,
 * 11.6.8 -,  ,  ,
 * 12.0.1 - ,
 * 12.1 - ,
 * 12.2 -
 * 12.3 -
 * 12.4 -
 * 12.5 - ,
 * 12.6 -

audioOS

 * 14.3 -  (  was release)
 * 14.4 -
 * 14.5 -
 * 14.6 -
 * 14.7 -
 * 15.0 -
 * 15.1 -
 * 15.2 -
 * 15.3 -
 * 15.4 -
 * 15.5 -
 * 15.6 -
 * 16.0 -

iOS/iPadOS

 * 14.2 -  (  was release)
 * 14.3 - ,
 * 14.4 -
 * 14.5 -
 * 14.6 - ,
 * 14.7 - ,
 * 15.0 -
 * 15.1 - ,
 * 15.2 - ,
 * 15.3 -
 * 15.4 -
 * 15.5 -
 * 15.6 - ,
 * 15.7 -
 * 16.0 -

tvOS

 * 14.2 -
 * 14.3 -
 * 14.4 -
 * 14.5 -
 * 14.6 -
 * 14.7 -
 * 15.0 -
 * 15.1 -
 * 15.2 -
 * 15.3 -
 * 15.4 -
 * 15.5 -
 * 15.6 -
 * 16.0 -

watchOS

 * 7.1 -  (  was release)
 * 7.2 -
 * 7.3 -
 * 7.4 -
 * 7.5 -
 * 7.6 -
 * 8.0 -
 * 8.1 -
 * 8.3 -
 * 8.4 -
 * 8.5 -
 * 8.6 -
 * 8.7 -
 * 9.0 -