10. Getting Data Into and Out of Notenik ↑

10.3 Populate App Catalog

This command can be found beneath the File menu.

Before executing this command, the user should have opened an existing App Catalog Collection, or a new Collection with minimal content and field definitions. (The Basic Notes Collection template will work just fine.)

After executing this command, the user will be prompted to select an input folder containing macOS Applications – typically the Mac’s primary Applications folder.

Notenik will then populate the frontmost Collection with information about the apps found in the specified input folder, using info from the file system, as well as from the Info.plist files found within the application bundles.

This is similar to an Import operation, but with some key differences:

• If not already present, Notenik will add the normal App Catalog fields to the Collection Settings.

• If a Note for an app does not yet exist, then one will be added; however, if such a Note already exists, then it will be updated as appropriate to reflect the latest information found in the input Applications folder.

The following Field Labels and Types will be defined, if needed, and populated.

• Title (title) – This will be populated with the name of the application.

• Link to Launch (link) - This will be populated with a file:// URL pointing to the application. Launching this link will in turn launch the application (assuming that Notenik has the appropriate Disk Access Permissions).

• Web Link (link) – This is intended to hold a link to a website with more information about the application. Notenik will attempt to populate this field, if it is blank, but the results may not be accurate and up-to-date in all cases.

• App Date (date) – This will be populated with the last modified date for the application.

• `Minimum System Version (seq) – This will be populated with the Minimum System (macOS) version required in order to run the application.

• App Version (seq) – This will be populated with the version of the application.

• License Key (longtext) – This field will be defined, but will not be populated.