Want to write to Sierra’s log from a language or app which doesn’t give easy access? Use this free tool which now writes anything you want.
Category Archive: Macs
Looking forward to the new features in Consolation version 3. Please comment and make suggestions.
Apple has pushed out silent updates to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 115, and to MRT […]
How FileVault encryption failed, apparently damaging an SSD with less than 250 hours use. And what I did to fix it.
You suddenly can’t remember your password, or your Mac won’t accept what you think is your password. What do you do next?
The code scrapbook is finished, and has now produced its first set of articles. Five articles in around ten minutes seems pretty impressive to me.
Calling shell commands, including with privileges, NSBackgroundActivity, XPC Activity, and writing shell commands in Swift.
Dates with (NS)Date and DateFormatter, writing messages to Sierra’s unified log, and working with old Objective-C interfaces.
Reading and writing preference files, storing data in property list files, and reading JSON data.
Alerts, open and save file, text boxes, radio buttons, popup menus, steppers, read and write in NSDocuments, and much more.
The Eclectic Light Company 