Enable the Debug Menu in the Mac App Store

January 5, 2012

The Mac App Store has a debug menu. To enable the debug menu, enable the ShowDebugMenu key in com.apple.appstore. To do so:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -boolean YES

Once enabled, there are a number of options to show the folder where apps download, enable logging, clear cookies and reset the Mac App Store.

To turn the Mac App Store debug menu back off:

defaults write com.apple.appstore ShowDebugMenu -boolean NO