Is it possible to create a text list of all my apps on the (Mac) App Store?

Since I can't copy the list of my 'Purchased' Apps on Apple's App Store, I'm wondering if there's any other way to do this. I have little computer savvy, so if there's a solution it'd have to be step-by-step. Thanks.

Solution 1:

These are great answers but I'll mention the mas command line tool here too because it's a single command for what you want (once you install it) and quite often Apple's App Store app simply doesn't work, and mas always works.

Download the app here https://github.com/mas-cli/mas/releases (select mas-cli.zip). Developers can use brew install mas which is easier ...

Open a Terminal in the same folder where you unzip it, then type "./mas list".

You probably have to do "./mas signin" first, I can't remember the workflow.

Solution 2:

In systems up to 10.11.6 you can save the "Purchased" page as html file to disk:

• Quit App Store.app
• Open Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities
• Enter defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true and hit the Return/⏎ key to show the debug menu in App Store.app.

• Open App Store.app (check that the "Debug" menu is available!)

  

  If you have some hidden purchases and want them to be listed also, unhide them in your account.

• Open the "Purchased" page - log in with your Apple ID if required.
• Hit cmdU
• Quit App Store.app

• Bring Terminal.app to the front and enter:

  cp ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.appstore/Data/Library/Documentation/pageSource.html ~/Desktop/pageSource.html
  

  and hit the Return/⏎ key. The pageSource.html file is now on your desktop and can be opened with a browser

• (Enter defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool false and hit the Return/⏎ key to remove the debug menu in App Store.app again.)
• Enter exit and hit the Return/⏎ key.
• Quit Terminal.app