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3 Installing and Upgrading KiCad KiCad maintains compatibility and support with the maintained versions of Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and a number of Linux distributions. Some platforms have specific installation or upgrade instructions. Always check https://www.kicad.org/download/ for the latest release information and instructions for your platform. KiCad may compile and run on platforms that are not officially supported. The KiCad development team makes no guarantees that KiCad will continue to work on these platforms in the future. See https://www.kicad.org/help/system-requirements/ for more details on supported platforms and hardware requirements. KiCad uses a "major.minor.point" release version format. Major releases bring new features and other significant changes to the code. Minor releases are relatively rare and typically bring bug fixes that are too complicated for a point release. Point releases contain only bugfixes. Users are encouraged to update to the latest point release for their current major.minor version promptly, as these releases will not break file compatibility. Major releases almost always come with changes to file formats. KiCad is in general always backwards compatible with files created by older versions, but not forwards compatible: Once files are edited and saved by a new major version, these files will not be openable by the previous major version. Migrating from Previous Versions In general, to migrate a design to a new version of KiCad, simply open the project with the new version, then open the schematic and PCB and save each file. More details about specific issues that may come up when migrating designs is covered in the Schematic Editor and PCB Editor chapters of the manual. NOTE Make sure to save a backup of your design before opening it with a new version of KiCad. The symbol library format has changed in KiCad 6.0. To continue editing symbol libraries made with a previous version of KiCad, these libraries need to be migrated to the new format. For details on this process, see the Schematic Editor chapter of the manual. Symbol libraries that have not been migrated can still be opened and used in read-only mode.