Log entries are purged from storage according to elaborate rules explained here, for different types of log entry. How to extend time coverage in those logs, and how to get free statistics about them.
Author: hoakley
Matching views painted by Pissarro and Cézanne of the Côte des Boeufs, a rainbow, the village in winter snow, and Pissarro’s gradual change to Pointillism.
We’re running out of panaceas. Resetting NVRAM and SMC, repairing permissions, installing the Combo updater. or re-installing macOS, are vanishing fast. Is Recovery Assistant the new panacea?
From Pissarro’s early realist landscapes of 1867, the landscapes of a forgotten Impressionist, to the first outdoor paintings of Paul Cézanne made alongside Pissarro’s easel.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Lost rocket […]
Originally two separate services in Mac OS X Server, for Software Updates and later Content, it reached client versions of macOS in High Sierra in 2017.
Gravediggers, Christ as a gardener, itinerant foresters, road workers, snow-clearers, a vegetable gardener plagued by moles, and sandcastles on the beach.
An enhancement to Recovery intended to fix Macs that don’t start up correctly. Also available in Recovery mode.
Themes of exhausted mothers with sick children, the tired out seamstress and her descent into prostitution, the failure of law enforcement, and documenting those living in Skagen.
What you can learn from browsing the log, and why it’s so important in diagnosis and troubleshooting, research into macOS, and measuring performance. With a worked example.
The Eclectic Light Company 