13 of 35 places coveredFirst Hour is not on the mapCatalog 8

Where each plugin looks.

A plugin marked “also” looks at that kind of thing as well as its own.

Set upconfiguredArrivedwhen it showed upNowhow it looks nowGonethat it was removedTraceswhat it left behind
The Mac itselfNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet
A fileNothing covers this yet
An app or extensionNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet
A projectNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet
A secretNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet
A coding agentNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet
A directory accountNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yetNothing covers this yet

What we would like built

How to read the map

A name marked “from what you supply” relies on something you give it, like a snapshot or an export.

First Hour reads reports, so it is not on the map.

Rave’s editorial reading of the signed entries.

Nothing covers these yet
  • The Mac itself: arrived, gone, traces
  • A file: traces
  • An app or extension: arrived, gone, traces
  • A project: arrived, gone, traces
  • A secret: set up, arrived, gone, traces
  • A coding agent: arrived, now, gone, traces
  • A directory account: set up, arrived, gone, traces
If you want to build a plugin, start here
  1. A plugin that can see a removal directly. An uninstalled app, a deleted launch item, a file in the Trash, a process that ended. Today the only way to see that something is gone is to compare two snapshots you dated yourself.
  2. Anything about traces. A launch item that points at a program that no longer exists, a hook that names a server that was removed, a port held open by an app that was uninstalled.
  3. When things arrived. We can see when a download arrived. We cannot see when an app, an extension, a hook or a repo did.
  4. What actually ran. No plugin here collects execution events. Dependency Autopsy matches execution records you supply, but cannot verify them.
  5. Local user accounts. Nothing here reads account creation, logins, privilege changes or deletions.
  6. Network beyond open ports: connections, DNS, what left the Mac, which networks it joined.

A dash is a plugin we want. A filled place needs a reason beyond doing the same thing another way.