# Racket version 8.7 is now available **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** typed-racket, release\ **Created:** [November 15, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-version-8-7-is-now-available/1478 "2022-11-15T12:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![richb-hanover](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/richb-hanover/32/874_2.png) [@richb-hanover](https://racket.discourse.group/u/richb-hanover)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-version-8-7-is-now-available/1478/5 "2022-11-27T13:10:31Z")
I am fairly new to Racket. I started playing a couple years ago, and keep coming back to it. So I play for a few days, go away for a couple months (or more) and come back to find a new release. I always have to farble around to get it working after an upgrade, most recently from 8.6 to 8.7. For example, I saw a long error message about `/Users/richb/Library/Racket/...collects` (might not be the right path - I didn't write it down) when I first opened DrRacket 8.7. I also had to re-install `beautiful-racket`. I'm on macOS Monterey (12.6.1). Can someone give me a straightforward "just do this" set of instructions that preserves the various state that I had built up? My goal would be simply to drag the newest DrRacket distribution to my `/Applications` folder, (actually, I place it in `/Applications/Developer-Tools`), perform a well-tested set of steps, and be on the air. Many thanks. --- _[View the full topic](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-version-8-7-is-now-available/1478)._