system_profiler Archives

Terminal command to show connected displays/monitors/resolutions?

April 22, 2022Apple, macOSDisplays, system_profiler, Terminal, Troubleshooting

system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType or defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist Link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20099333/terminal-command-to-show-connected-displays-monitors-resolutions

system_profiler

April 14, 2022Apple, macOSsystem_profiler

NAME system_profiler -- reports system hardware and software configuration. SYNOPSIS system_profiler [-usage] system_profiler [-listDataTypes] system_profiler [-xml] dataType1 ... dataTypeN system_profiler [-xml] [-detailLevel level] system_profiler [-json] dataType1 ... dataTypeN system_profiler [-json]…

List of applications installed?

April 13, 2022Apple, macOSPatching, softwareupdate, system_profiler

system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType >> ~/Desktop/SomeFilename.txt system_profiler SPInstallHistoryDataType -json | awk -F'"' '/_name|install_version|install_date/{print $2,$4}' | grep -A3 "macOS" | sed -e 's/_name /Name: /g;s/install_version /Version: /g;s/install_date /Date: /g' JSON format system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType…