# A.2 Download the Release File Package

SNOMED CT Release Packages can be obtained from the [Member Licensing & Distribution Service (MLDS)](https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/landing).

* [Download the latest SNOMED CT International Release Package (a zip archive) into your **SnomedCT\_ReleaseFiles** folder.](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]
  * On MacOS or other Unix based systems: **/Users/your-username/SnomedCT\_ReleaseFiles**
  * On Windows systems: **C:\SnomedCT\_ReleaseFiles**

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[^1]: If you prefer, you can download the SNOMED CT release package to a different location. If you do this then you will need to specify the full path to the release package when you run the SNOMED CT load process.


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