Solving computer problems is not your favorite thing to do,is it?With a huge amount of apps,third-party add-ons,plugins,extensions,scripts and all the other stuff that is buried into OS X,how are supposed to figure out what is actually causing an issue?Well,this is where Consultant’s Canary comes in handy,because whether you’re trying to fix your own Mac,or someone else’s,it is going to save you tons of time and efforts.
Consultant’s Canary is a free self-contained python script that lists an absurd amount of information about OS X installation it is launched from,including general system information,all login items,overly privileged processes and a whole lot of third-party system changes and augmentations,as well as address book plugins,Automator actions,additional frameworks,Safari plugins and extensions,kernel extensions,Mail plugins,third-party System Preference panels,screen savers,Spotlight add-ons,startup items and more.That means every third-party add-on that is installed on your Mac will be found and reported back in an easy to follow list that even includes full file paths to the found items.The final decision is yours though – nothing is modified,so,it is up to you to determine what doesn’t belong in the lists.
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It is really easy to use Consultant’s Canary – you can either run the standalone Consultant’s Canary app directly on a single Mac which launches Terminal and python script on it’s own,or you may open the apps package to find the heart of the app “dispatcher.py” which could then be used over a network to remotely check and troubleshoot multiple Macs.The same version of Consultant’s Canary will work on any version of OS X later than 10.5,including Lion.
