Experimental Features

Key Application Versions

Particulars can show the current versions of specified applications. To enable this feature, set the 2^13 (8192) bit on the detailLevel and populate the keyApps array.

keyApps are defined as they are named on disk, and can include apps in subfolders.

dl=${$(defaults read net.glencode.Particulars detailLevel 2> /dev/null):-4093}

defaults write net.glencode.Particulars detailLevel -int $((dl | 8192))

defaults write net.glencode.Particulars keyApps -array-add "Google Chrome"

defaults write net.glencode.Particulars keyApps -array-add "Utilities/Terminal"

Also available in the CLI with:

particulars --apps

Limitations:

Limited to apps in /Applications and those provided by macOS
Changes to keyApps are not immediately effective
Does not respond immediately to upgrades/changes in the apps
Does not deduplicate
Is not available in the json/plist outputs in the CLI
Is not available in Shortcuts

Displays

Particulars can show displays and their resolutions. To enable this feature, set the 2^17 (131072) bit on the detailLevel.

dl=${$(defaults read net.glencode.Particulars detailLevel 2> /dev/null):-4093}

defaults write net.glencode.Particulars detailLevel -int $((dl | 131072))

Also available in the CLI with:

particulars --displays

Limitations:

Is not available in the json/plist outputs in the CLI
Is not available in Shortcuts

Efficiency and performance cores

On Apple Silicon, the count of efficiency and performance cores is discovered but not displayed in the desktop/menu bar. They are shown in the json/plist output in the CLI.

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