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I've searched for what I'm after many times with no luck. Simply put, I would like a list of the apps in my iTunes library and alongside each app, I'd like to see whether or not it is installed on my iPhone or iPad. I can get all of the information separately, but not together. Why you ask? Because I'd like to clean up my iTunes library as I've got lots of apps that I've tried but will never use again.
I can see a list of all the apps in my iTunes library in iTunes of course and I can output that list as a pdf so the data resides somewhere but I don't know where. I can see the list of installed apps in iTunes of course, but it's not a list where I can easily capture or list all the names. I can look at the contents of manifest.plist in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/<some code>/manifest.plist. It's in a form of XML but I don't have the technical knowledge to extract the app names.
I'm a business application developer but never learned low level languages (started with COBOL and went into 4th generation languages). From a business appliccation perspective, if I could get the iTunes data in a one row per app structure and the installed app data in a one row per app structure, I could load both lists into database tables and product whatever reports I need.
Any suggestions? Have I missed something obvious (wouldn't be the first time).
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Thanks cheonweb. I never thought of this. In taking a look at what I have in my iTunes app library, I have 1326 apps listed. However I have 1347 .ipa files in Mobile Applications. I then tried to look inside a .ipa file and it turns out it's a form of zip file. I then searched to find how to extract information from the file, specifically I wanted the app name, as opposed to the file name. I found a technique here:
http://www.earthinfo.org/extract-metadata-from-apple-ipa-files/
I tested it on a single file and it works. So now I can get the app name correclated to the .ipa file name. Then, having cheonweb's idea, I also found an expansion of that idea here
http://blog.macsales.com/17825-an-easy-way-to-clear-out-unused-ios-apps-from-itu nes-11
My plan is something like this:
Extract the app name from each .ipa file and record the app name and the file name. I'll also record the app names that iTunes has listed.
Next I'll make a copy of everything in Mobile Applications. I can always download again, but you never know.
Then, making sure that all my devices are detached and not syncing via anything like WiFi, I'll delete all the apps using iTunes. I'll then be able to see what's left over, apps that I probably deleted but didn't say move the file to the trash. I'll extract the app name and the filename and save that for later cross referencing. I'll move these files someplace even though I've already got a backup. Often it's easier to clean things up at the file level.
Next, with an empty Mobile Applications folder and iTunes app list, I'll attach one of my devices and Transfer Purchases. This will give me a list of all the Apps on that device. I'll run the extract again so I've got an app name and file name reference. Then I detach that device. I'll use a file compare utility to ensure that all of the apps on that device were actually in Mobile Applications. I could copy these files to a temp holding area as well.
I'll then delete the apps from iTunes and repeat for each other device I have. I should then have a series of folders with the files originally in iTunes as well as those on each device. I'll also have a file with the app name and file name. I could run a number of text comparisons or load all the data into a database or spread sheet to cross compare.
Looking over this, it may just be easier to do a file to file comparison and use the original extract of app and file name.
This looks like quite a bit of work considering I have 4 devices and in some cases I have to ensure that older versions don't get deleted. I'll have to think about that one.
There may be an easier way, but at least now there's a way. I'll let you know what I end up doing.
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