I've been asked to compile a list of the most popular third party applications on Macs with an eye towards adding them to Self Service. I can export a search by application, but since it is by machine, I have no easy way of counting the total number of copies of any given program. Is there a better way to generate a report that I'm missing?
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+17Best answer by millersc
Make sure your search preferences are set to "starts with" and use the (*) wildcard in the application name. Will give back all apps. Currently I has 221 different applications. Many are variations of OS apps. (e.g. Contacts, Disk Utility, etc)
+10Doesn't knowing the number of machines with a particular application installed tell you how many copies of a given program are in use?
+18When you search Applications, it should give you a breakdown of counts by version as well as a summary at the bottom with "unique computers" which would be the total number of installs.
+17The application search route seems to require me to know the name and all extant version numbers of every application ahead of time. You can't perform a blank search as you can with computers. The initial report from exporting the computer list sorting by applications had 40826 lines, so I was look for sometime more automated.
+10Make sure your search preferences are set to "starts with" and use the (*) wildcard in the application name. Will give back all apps. Currently I has 221 different applications. Many are variations of OS apps. (e.g. Contacts, Disk Utility, etc)
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