Programming By Stealth

PBS Tidbit 7 – jq to Analyze macOS Installed Apps with Helma van der Linden on

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In this special tidbit installment of Programming By Stealth, Helma van der Linden joins Allison to walk through how she solved a real-world problem using jq. The problem to be solved was a need to analyze the installed applications on her Intel-based Mac before migrating to her new Apple Silicon Mac.

She used a built-in Terminal command to access System Information to create a JSON file, and…