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Re: Stealth upgrade ?

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Stealth upgrade ?
Date 28 Feb 2015 02:34:28 GMT
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On 2015-02-27, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way for me to view a log file of such events since it would
>> have happend about a week ago and that pop up  "growl" like message is
>> long gone from my screen ?
>
> Did you even try looking?
>
> Apple menu > About this Mac > System Report (which runs System
> Information) > Installations (under the Software heading)
>
> If you want the gory details:
>
> Console > Show Log List > expand /var/log > install.log
>
> The former is an extract from the latter, specifically lines generated
> by installd which start with "Installed".
>
> App Store's Updates tab also shows installations of apps from App Store,
> and anything installed via the Software Update mechanism, but it doesn't
> show background updates under the "Install system data files and
> security updates" category, like XProtect and a few other things, which
> do show up in the above two mechanisms.

You can also scan the /var/db/receipts directory to see receipts for
things that have been installed - though there is no guarantee that all
installed packages will have receipts. I do notice lots of receipts for
XProtect, though.

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JR

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Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-26 20:01 -0500
  Re: Stealth upgrade ? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 20:06 -0500
    Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 04:03 +0000
    Re: Stealth upgrade ? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-26 23:39 -0500
      Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 13:37 +0000
        Re: Stealth upgrade ? Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-27 10:33 -0500
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 15:44 +0000
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-27 16:50 +0000
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-27 09:14 -0800
            Re: Stealth upgrade ? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 16:09 -0500
              Re: Stealth upgrade ? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-27 14:16 -0800
      Re: Stealth upgrade ? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 08:47 -0500
        Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 14:01 +0000
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-27 09:12 -0500
            Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 14:15 +0000
        Re: Stealth upgrade ? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-27 10:53 -0500
        Re: Stealth upgrade ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-27 11:30 -0500
  Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 04:03 +0000
    Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-26 23:37 -0500
      Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 13:35 +0000
        Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-27 16:30 -0500
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-27 22:36 +0000
            Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-27 18:40 -0500
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-28 12:51 +1300
            Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-27 19:03 -0500
              Re: Stealth upgrade ? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-28 13:38 +1300
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:36 +0000
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-27 22:23 -0500
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-28 15:04 +0000
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 15:23 +0000
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-28 16:52 +0000
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-01 14:48 -0500
                Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 19:59 +0000
              Re: Stealth upgrade ? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 08:13 -0500
            Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:34 +0000
          Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-28 02:28 +0000
  Re: Stealth upgrade ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-27 11:38 -0500
    Re: Stealth upgrade ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-27 16:46 +0000

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