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How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Posted January 10, 2011 at 3:15pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to enable the Mac App Store's hidden debug menu.

Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Step Two
Input the following command:


defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Step Three
Launch the Mac App Store from your dock.
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Step Four
Notice the new Debug menu.
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Click Show Debug Panel... from the Debu Menu to see more hidden debug features.
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

Step Five
To remove the Debug menu simply return to terminal and input:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool false
How to Enable the Mac App Store's Hidden Debug Menu

[via MacStories]
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