Question:
Ever since Apple silently removed the GM entry from the "Purchased" tab in the App Store app -- this apparently occurred right before they released the final version -- macOS Sierra has not been listed when I use the "mas list" command with the CLI version of MAS.
I just unhid the "macOS Sierra Public Beta" -- from July 21, 2016 -- entry on my "Purchased" tab, hoping that it would help, but it didn't.
Does anyone know if there is a way to get Sierra listed again in the Terminal when I use the "mas list" command?
BTW, as I mentioned before, even though Sierra no longer appears in the list in the Terminal, if I use the "mas install 1127487414" command, it will still download the latest version . . . although I doubt that it will work with the current 10.12.1 dev beta.
PS: Yes, I know that I can use the new option in dosdude1's patch tool to download the latest build from Apple via the App Store app, but it is nice to have an alternative method/backup plan for when things go wrong.
Update: Ha! I just figured out that if I place the 16A323 installer back into my "Applications" folder -- instead of in my installers backup folder -- Sierra again appears when I use "mas list". I didn't realize that is how the "mas list" command works. I assumed that it has some built-in catalog somewhere.
I don't like to keep installers in the "Applications" folder, because we all know how Apple likes to "magically" zap OS installers once you use them. This now forces me to keep two copies of the installer, if I want to keep using the "mas list" command.