The Mac App Store Debug Menu

Posted by bensummers on Monday January 10, 2011 @02:54AM
from the red-sweater.com dept.

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1586/the-mac-app-store-debug-menu

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by msy on Monday January 10, 2011 @06:15AM (#2088107)

Somewhere deep under Cupertino, Jobs is currently beating some hapless dev with a beautifully designed baseball bat.

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by maukdaddy on Monday January 10, 2011 @11:45AM (#2088919)

A seamless bat carved from a single piece of aluminum.

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by Toucan on Monday January 10, 2011 @06:04AM (#2088087)

This is what it looks like on my system: http://imgur.com/eo49s

Options are:

Application and Distribution signed by: (None/Signed/Signed by Apple)

Apple ID Authentication: (iTunes, MacBuddy)

Server: (Porco, Localhost, Custom)

Show install progress in dock: (Firenze, App, App no launch, Applications stack)

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by pepijndevos on Monday January 10, 2011 @05:06AM (#2087999)

Who'll be the first to set up a custom server?

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by JonnieCache on Monday January 10, 2011 @07:54AM (#2088292)

I'm guessing the server communication is normally through SSL? If so then this might be a good time to do some protocol analysis before the opportunity disappears. There are a bunch of log dumping options in there.

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by partypoopin on Monday January 10, 2011 @07:59AM (#2088302)

Transactions, account creation are SSL. Everything else is just plain old HTTP. You can just put it through Wireshark and see near everything going on.

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Re:The Mac App Store Debug Menu by ajaimk on Monday January 10, 2011 @06:48AM (#2088161)

If only we can figure out the same for the iPhone.

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