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Results differ wildly between browsers and even between runs within the same browser. It detects application I do not have installed and does not detect applications I do have installed. For instance it detects iTunes, XCode and Sketch, but they are Mac-only application and I am on Windows.

Honestly, I believe it does not work at all.

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Thanks for testing it on Windows. We mostly tested it on MacOS Big Sur because all devs on the team have that OS. With Windows different timings might be needed, we'll check into it tomorrow.

On my Windows/Firefox computer, it appears to have correctly identified which 6 of the applications I have installed.

> iTunes

> they are Mac-only application

I remember installing and using iTunes on Windows 7.

It might be that Apple doesn't distribute a modern version of iTunes. But it's certainly not true in the past.

I do not have any iTunes installed anyway.

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