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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006Installation-log software?
Is there an application out there that: 1) keeps track of what I've installed on my Mac and 2) keeps track of which files are installed where ? This sort of thing comes in handy when I want to back up my system and/or reformat and reinstall everything on my drive etc. Alternatively, a program that lets me enter this information manually, but automatically adds a time-stamp (time/date) every time I add something new. I've already had a look at versiontracker, but couldn't find anything. > Is there an application out there that: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I've already had a look at versiontracker, but couldn't find anything. If the application was installed using Apple's Installer, there will be a receipts file in /Library/Receipts, the list of installed files can be obtained with: lsbom -f /Library/Receipts/<name of package>/Contents/Archive.bom where <name of package> is the name of the receipts package  SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > > Is there an application out there that: > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > lsbom -f /Library/Receipts/<name of package>/Contents/Archive.bom > where <name of package> is the name of the receipts package Check version tracker. For item #1, it seems to me the easiest way to do that is to always install stuff in the Applications folder, then just look there to see what's installed. > Is there an application out there that: > > 1) keeps track of what I've installed on my Mac > and > 2) keeps track of which files are installed where ? One solution would be to tweak one of those "uninstaller" programs, but I don't remember any name. Maybe by searching "uninstall" in MacUpdate? H. SignatureFrédérique & Hervé Sainct, h.sainct@laposte.net [fr,es,en,it] Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus Frédérique & Hervé Sainct wrote: > > Is there an application out there that: > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > One solution would be to tweak one of those "uninstaller" programs, but > I don't remember any name. Maybe by searching "uninstall" in MacUpdate? I'm no programmer so tweaking is out of the question. I need something that works out of the box, or like I said, a "text editor" or diary sort of program that allows me to manually input whatever I've installed/removed but to ease things time-stamps every new input. > I'm no programmer so tweaking is out of the question. by "tweaking" I didn't mean any programming but rather, using the uninstaller only for the purpose of accessing its log record... SignatureFrédérique & Hervé Sainct, h.sainct@laposte.net [fr,es,en,it] Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus |
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