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Re: List of all applications
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Re: List of all applications


  • Subject: Re: List of all applications
  • From: Steve Thompson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:41:54 +0000

You could use

system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType -detailLevel mini

from the command line but you're better off using something like http://appzapper.com/ - just because you don't use an app it doesn't mean it doesn't need to be there!

Steve

On 18 Feb 2011, at 18:30, email@hidden wrote:

> 	I'd like to create an AppleScript to scan my hard drive and produce a list of all my applications and the date they were last opened.  The purpose is to find unused apps so I can see which ones to delete.
>
> 	I've tried using the Unix 'find' command, i.e.
> find . -name "*.app" -print
> but that also goes into the application bundles, which I don't want.  Plus, it doesn't give the date they were last opened.
>
> 	Has something like this already been written?  If not, I'd really appreciate some pointers.
>
> Thanks,
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