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

Posted January 10, 2011 at 3:15pm by iClarified · 23697 views
These are instructions on how to enable the Mac App Store's hidden debug menu.

Step One
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.


Step Two
Input the following command:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool true


Step Three
Launch the Mac App Store from your dock.


Step Four
Notice the new Debug menu.


Click Show Debug Panel... from the Debu Menu to see more hidden debug features.


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

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -bool false


[via MacStories]