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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1593814" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>Well Slydude, I did a quick look and also cheated for some other info with a Google search on just "InstallHistory.plist" and came across some interesting stuff.</p><p></p><p>Looking at my InstallHistory.plist with the old "Property List Editor" it shows I have 123 "installed" items which are dated from Dec 2, 2013 to present. The first for "OS X 10.9" to the latest for "iTunes 11.3" Jul 16, 2014 which all makes sense as I just did the iTunes update last night.</p><p></p><p>In between with a quick glance seems to be everything, even non-apple stuff that I gather is installed with the installer. Not much sign of any "click and drag to your Applications folder" type stuff - unless there was an appropriate update and done with some installer. </p><p></p><p>BTW: An interesting I discovered in Safari to do a search, when I entered <em>/Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist</em> and hit enter, it took me to the file on my hard drive. sort of neat and something that I didn't know. It works almost better than "Go to folder.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Now if you really want to get blown away and getting back to the topic, have a look and try some of the Terminal suggestions from here:</p><p><a href="http://applehelpwriter.com/2013/05/21/how-to-check-whats-been-installed-on-your-mac/" target="_blank">how to check what’s been installed on your mac |</a></p><p></p><p>I tried the first suggestion in Terminal:</p><p><em>cat /private/var/log/install.log | open -f</em></p><p>and holy moley!!!</p><p></p><p>It provides a nice dated list but waaay more info than needed and it would probably take me a few hours just to scroll through quickly.</p><p></p><p>So bottom line and to skip all the crap, yes, the /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist file does seem to list <strong>all</strong> OS X installs that were done with the OS X installer. And all includes Apple's stuff and non-apple stuff.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps. And sorry to babble on so much...</p><p></p><p>Have fun looking if and when you get to your 'round toit. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1593814, member: 175845"] Well Slydude, I did a quick look and also cheated for some other info with a Google search on just "InstallHistory.plist" and came across some interesting stuff. Looking at my InstallHistory.plist with the old "Property List Editor" it shows I have 123 "installed" items which are dated from Dec 2, 2013 to present. The first for "OS X 10.9" to the latest for "iTunes 11.3" Jul 16, 2014 which all makes sense as I just did the iTunes update last night. In between with a quick glance seems to be everything, even non-apple stuff that I gather is installed with the installer. Not much sign of any "click and drag to your Applications folder" type stuff - unless there was an appropriate update and done with some installer. BTW: An interesting I discovered in Safari to do a search, when I entered [I]/Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist[/I] and hit enter, it took me to the file on my hard drive. sort of neat and something that I didn't know. It works almost better than "Go to folder.... ;) Now if you really want to get blown away and getting back to the topic, have a look and try some of the Terminal suggestions from here: [url=http://applehelpwriter.com/2013/05/21/how-to-check-whats-been-installed-on-your-mac/]how to check what’s been installed on your mac |[/url] I tried the first suggestion in Terminal: [I]cat /private/var/log/install.log | open -f[/I] and holy moley!!! It provides a nice dated list but waaay more info than needed and it would probably take me a few hours just to scroll through quickly. So bottom line and to skip all the crap, yes, the /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist file does seem to list [B]all[/B] OS X installs that were done with the OS X installer. And all includes Apple's stuff and non-apple stuff. I hope this helps. And sorry to babble on so much... Have fun looking if and when you get to your 'round toit. ;) [/QUOTE]
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