Apple on Tuesday released a “golden master” of OS X Yosemite to developers, signaling that the upgrade is on track to ship within the next three weeks.

“Golden master,” or GM, is a label some developers apply to software that is ready, or nearly ready, to ship or sell. Rival Microsoft has traditionally called the same milestone “release to manufacturing,” or RTM, designating that the code is suitable for computer makers to install on new machines.

The appearance on the Apple developer website of Yosemite’s golden master was reported Monday afternoon by several outlets, including MacRumors, and later confirmed by Computerworld.

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