Ever wonder, What will happen if install software XXX on my machine?

Here’s a trick to see what files will be installed before you run an installer (because after you’ve run it, the installer has now hidden mysterious files all over your hard drive and you have to hunt them down to find them.) Try this:

  1. open the contents of the Installer by right-clicking and selecting “Show Package Contents”. (A window full of icons will open.)
  2. open a Terminal window
  3. in the Terminal window, type “lsbom ” (lowercase, with a space after it)
  4. DRAG the file Archive.bom from the installer’s Contents window onto the Terminal window (It will paste the path string to the Archive file into your window.)
  5. type ” -f” (with a space at the front) into the Terminal window
  6. press RETURN


% lsbom ~/installer.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom -f

./system/USBSerialDriver.kext/Info.plist
./system/USBSerialDriver.kext/MacOS/USBSerialDriver
./system/USBSerialDriver.kext/Resources/InfoPlist.strings
et Voila!