Script To Download the Current Version of PowerShell

One of the annoying things about well, any software is checking to see if you have the currrent version. This is a thing with PowerShell, and because the PowerShell team in its finite wisdom has decided to not just have a "latest stable/lts/preview" url, we have to figure this out manually. It's not too bad though, fortunately, the PowerShell team gives us…

https://bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/script-to-download-the-current-version-of-powershell/

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PowerShell script signer is done!

Well, it's a 1.0.1, there’s a few things I want to add, but it's not bad at the moment. It's on the PowerShell Gallery at: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Set-PowerShellScriptSig/1.0.1 and the github link is at: https://github.com/johncwelch/pwshsigner

the readme on the github repo has the small number of future improvements I have planned, but for now, it's a solid MVP.

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Minor update to Get-MacInfo, added iBridge data from system_profiler. Install from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-MacInfo, source at https://github.com/johncwelch/Get-MacInfo

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https://bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/get-macinfo-update-2/

My new PowerShell module, GetChooseFileName is now up on the PowerShell Gallery:

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-ChooseFileName

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Get-ChooseFileName is basically done, getting approval before releasing up to the PowerShell gallery: https://github.com/johncwelch/Get-PSChooseFileName

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working on my next PS module: https://github.com/johncwelch/Get-PSChooseFileName

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Getting Warranty Info on your Mac with PowerShell

This was a feature someone asked for with Get-MacInfo. Here's the basics, the script is on the github site, and VERY REAL WARNINGS:

This is incredibly fragile, as it relies on a directory, com.apple.NewDeviceOutreach, being in ~/Library/Application Support/ for the user running the script. I'm not even going to try to play "peekaboo in other user homedirs" with a…

https://bynkiidotcom.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/getting-warranty-info-on-your-mac-with-powershell/

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Script I used to work out grabbing json system_profiler data. Tpowershellmacos complicated because there’s things that aren’t always there, and a LOT of info if they’re all there.

https://github.com/johncwelch/Get-MacInfo/blob/master/system_profiler%20json%20info.ps1

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building a PowerShell module that presents a "Proper" powershell interface for display dialog. If it works out, then I'll see about doing other AppleScript UI primitives as PS modules, to make up for the lack of UI in PS on macOS

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