Suspicious Package Keeps on Tickin’
Suspicious Package has been around for as long as I can remember. It’s been steadily updated over the years, and runs perfectly on the latest macOS (Sequoia). It makes inscrutable Package Installers scrutable.
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This tool will give you a Quick Look extension, so you can just select a
.pkgfile and hit Space to see what the Package Installer will do — how many files it will install, how many scripts it will run, etc.[…]
Suspicious Package is free. It’s developed by Randy Saldinger (Mother’s Ruin Software), who doesn’t even accept donations. He says his apps are labors of love, created just because he wanted them to exist. If you want to know what’s going on with your
.pkgfiles (even those you trust), it’s a killer app.
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> He says his apps are labors of love, created just because he wanted them to exist.
I very much appreciate that! Suspicious Package is an invaluable tool.
What a (re)discovery. I remember using an app called iMedia in the past, and today, by visiting Saldinger's site to download Suspicious Package, I realised he was the developer of iMedia, too. While I was there, I also downloaded Apparency, which looks like another great tool. Today's been a good day. :)
Long one of my most essential utilities. Apple should be building some of this functionality into the OS
Love to see things like this. I know everything can’t be a free labor of love, but I would love to see more companies support this sort of thing.
Remember Google 20% time? Feels like a lifetime ago.
