You can get there by clicking on the Apple icon in the Menu Bar, holding the Option key, and selecting System Information, or you can launch the System Information app located in Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities/. To find your app installation history in OS X, head to the System Information window (f.k.a. But power users, IT support staff, and those hoping to learn more about their Mac can find such information invaluable when auditing or troubleshooting issues in OS X. Thankfully, a full list of all software installed on your Mac is still available. For the typical Mac user, this lack of information is fine most users don’t need to know when and how the latest version of Adobe Acrobat was installed. With automatic software updates in the Mac App Store, introduced in OS X Mavericks, Apple has made it easier than ever to keep your Mac up to date with the latest versions of apps and system files. Apple helpfully displays recently installed updates in the Mac App Store, but detailed information about software updates, not to mention logs of third party software obtained outside of the Mac App Store, isn’t readily visible to the user.
