macOS apps table does not include iOS and iPad apps
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Description
Bug report
The new m1 macs can install iOS and iPad apps. But, these don't appear in our apps table.
I suspect this because they don't appear in the LaunchServices api calls we use to enumerate them. Not sure if that will change.
https://github.com/osquery/osquery/blob/master/osquery/tables/system/darwin/apps.mm#L220-L250
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Research direction
Start in osquery/tables/system/darwin/apps.mm around lines 220-250 and inspect how the LaunchServices API calls enumerate applications. Determine whether iOS and iPad apps on M1 Macs are available through that path, then verify that the apps table reports them. Done means the table includes those apps, with appropriate coverage for the relevant macOS behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100