Add commands to interact with the Apple ID of the current macOS user

[rgoldberg]

Possibly add new commands / modify existing commands to better interact with the Apple ID of the current macOS user.

account, signin, signout & some other commands work with the Apple ID in the Mac App Store, which is a separate setting from the Apple ID of the current macOS user.

Normally, the two are set to the same account, but they could be set to different accounts.

Disambiguate what accounts each command works with.

macOS user Apple ID

The macOS user Apple ID is associated with the current macOS user in System Settings/System Preferences. It can be observed:

• In Swift:

(UserDefaults.standard.persistentDomain(forName: "MobileMeAccounts")?["Accounts"] as? [[String: Any]])?.first?["AccountID"]

• From command line:

defaults read MobileMeAccounts | plutil -extract "Accounts".0."AccountID" raw -o - -

Mac App Store Apple ID

The Mac App Store Apple ID, which is when you login in the App Store app. It can be observed:

• In Swift (in macOs <= 10.12.x):

ISStoreAccount.primaryAccount.identifier

• From command line: not sure

Commands

Currently, I think that the commands, when working, have the following interactions with the macOS & MAS Apple IDs:

• MAS
  • account
  • signin
  • signout
• MAS (requires app in installed app list)
  • upgrade
• MAS (requires app not in installed app list)
  • install
  • lucky
  • purchase
• Neither
  • help
  • home
  • info
  • list
  • open
  • outdated
  • reset
  • search
  • uninstall
  • vendor
  • version