Is there an ObjC or Swift method to query installed System Extensions similar to `systemextensionctl list`?

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Created May ’22

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I have an app which is installing a system extension. On startup I want to know if it's already been installed or not (because if it hasn't I want to show some information to the user).

I have not been able to find an ObjC or Swift method that allows me to ask if a given extension has been installed.

I know I can run systemextensionctl list and parse the output but I don't want to have to fork a shell command if I don't have to.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

May ’22

There is no API to get the list of system extensions installed. However, you can tell whether your system extension is installed by calling the -request:foundProperties: method.

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