What is a bundle identifier?

[blackxacto]

19,1 iMac, Sequoia15.3:

If i am asked to replace w a bundle identifier in terminal, is there an exact spelling or word form the instructions are asking for?

 

[NoBoMac]

Probably would help to provide more detail re what exactly you are trying to do as answer will be specific to what's going on.

Apple bundle IDs will be along the lines of "com.apple.appnamehere". Chrome is "com.google.Chrome". VLC is "org.videolan.vlc". TurboTax is year dependent: 2024 is "com.intuit.turbotax.2024".

And so on.

So need to get specific if want an answer, as right now, answer is "depends".

Can get bundle ID from an app via either of these:

% mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.google.Chrome"
% osascript -e 'id of app "Google Chrome"'
com.google.Chrome
%

Or if Xcode is installed, can view the contents of AppName.app/Contents/Info.plist in Xcode and scroll to bundle ID entry.

Apps have their IDs, extension have their own, subcomponents (eg. Google Updater process) can have their own.

 

[bogdanw]

Or if Xcode is installed, can view the contents of AppName.app/Contents/Info.plist in Xcode and scroll to bundle ID entry.

It can also be read from Terminal

defaults read /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleIdentifier

 

[blackxacto]

Probably would help to provide more detail re what exactly you are trying to do as answer will be specific to what's going on.

Apple bundle IDs will be along the lines of "com.apple.appnamehere". Chrome is "com.google.Chrome". VLC is "org.videolan.vlc". TurboTax is year dependent: 2024 is "com.intuit.turbotax.2024".

And so on.

So need to get specific if want an answer, as right now, answer is "depends".

Can get bundle ID from an app via either of these:

% mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.google.Chrome"
% osascript -e 'id of app "Google Chrome"'
com.google.Chrome
%

Or if Xcode is installed, can view the contents of AppName.app/Contents/Info.plist in Xcode and scroll to bundle ID entry.

Apps have their IDs, extension have their own, subcomponents (eg. Google Updater process) can have their own.

I ran an app called Skint. It found:
/Users/johnr/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BCCloudData-iBooks/BCAssetData error -67062 code object is not signed at all
/Users/johnr/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BCCloudData-iBooks/BCCloudGlobalMetadata error -67062 code object is not signed at all
/Users/johnr/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BCCloudData-iBooks/BCReadingStatisticsSync error -67062 code object is not signed at all
/Users/johnr/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BCCloudData-iBooks/CRDTModelSync-ReadingHistoryModel error -67062 code object is not signed at all

I wanted to try to delete them, but they are Private files. The terminal command I was using said to replace a term w the bundle identifier. I like experimenting, but am not a programmer. I wondered if it was asking for the name of the application or another term for the files.

 

[NoBoMac]

Again, lacking information, this time what was the command being run.

And those files (directories/folders actually) are normal items for iBooks and does not need to be touched, no matter what that Skint thinks.

But, in case of iBooks, bundle id is "com.apple.iBooksX", same as Container name.

 

[blackxacto]

Again, lacking information, this time what was the command being run.

And those files (directories/folders actually) are normal items for iBooks and does not need to be touched, no matter what that Skint thinks.

But, in case of iBooks, bundle id is "com.apple.iBooksX", same as Container name.

Thanks