AppexIndexer 1.0
App extensions, appexes, have become plentiful and widely used by macOS and third-party software, yet discovering and controlling them is patchy and limited. The most coherent access is in System Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions, where some are gathered in the list of Extensions at the end. Others like Safari extensions are controlled in app settings, while most remain hidden out of sight.
To take stock of all these appexes, I turned to the
pluginkitcommand tool, but the lists it generates are seemingly ordered at random, and so extensive that it would require some serious scripting to make any sense. Instead, it’s easier and more effective to put together a little app to do that. So I present you with AppexIndexer, an exploratory utility that displays key information about all appexes recognised by macOS.
Previously:
- Sequoia No Longer Supports QuickLook Generator Plug-ins
- Finder Sync Extensions Removed From System Settings in Sequoia
