The Mac App Store Debug Menu

[bensummers]

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1586/the-mac-app-store-debug-menu

[msy]

Somewhere deep under Cupertino, Jobs is currently beating some hapless dev with a beautifully designed baseball bat.

[maukdaddy → msy]

A seamless bat carved from a single piece of aluminum.

[Toucan]

This is what it looks like on my system: http://imgur.com/eo49s

Options are:

Application and Distribution signed by: (None/Signed/Signed by Apple)

Apple ID Authentication: (iTunes, MacBuddy)

Server: (Porco, Localhost, Custom)

Show install progress in dock: (Firenze, App, App no launch, Applications stack)

[pepijndevos]

Who'll be the first to set up a custom server?

[JonnieCache]

I'm guessing the server communication is normally through SSL? If so then this might be a good time to do some protocol analysis before the opportunity disappears. There are a bunch of log dumping options in there.

[partypoopin → JonnieCache]

Transactions, account creation are SSL. Everything else is just plain old HTTP. You can just put it through Wireshark and see near everything going on.

[ajaimk]

If only we can figure out the same for the iPhone.