Get Installed Applications in MacOS

get_installed_applicatons.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50708348/using-python-to-find-mac-uuid-serial-number

import os
import subprocess


irrelevant_files = [
    ".localized",
]

def get_serial_number():
    cmd = "system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial Number/ {print $4}'"
    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True, check=True)
    serial_number = result.stdout.strip().decode()
    return serial_number


def get_installed_applications():
    listed_items = os.listdir("/Applications")
    apps = []
    for item in listed_items:
        if item not in irrelevant_files:
            apps.append(item)

    return [app.split(".app")[0] for app in apps]


def main():
    serial_number = get_serial_number()
    installed_apps = ", ".join(get_installed_applications())
    print("Your Mac Serial Number: %s" % serial_number)
    print("The apps you installed: %s" % installed_apps)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()