Use the most recent macOS possible, don’t disable protection, beware of links, if you have to live dangerously, use a VM, and remove Flash now. Practical tips for all.
Catalina
All about periods of interest, landmarks, filters and search tools – everything you need to discover what went wrong in your Mac’s log.
You do have control over what is written to the unified log, although it’s not so easy to use. Here’s how.
Both apps now detect and report apps which have been built using the 11.0 SDK, and ArchiChect reports non-Intel architectures too.
Console is the epitome of Apple’s problem with tools and support for its users, and is exactly what it needs to fix.
There’s no shortage of entries, but are they the ones you need, and do they contain the information that’s important? How to change that.
Your Mac has slowed to a crawl, with spinning beachballs and a juddery interface. You open Activity Monitor and read this.
This vital service composites individual windows to form what will be displayed, and routes clicks/taps to the correct app.
Without addressing shortcomings in tools and maturity of macOS, 10.16 has flawed foundations, and is likely to fall flat.
What is wrong when, out of the blue, the display freezes for ten seconds, then you see a black screen and are asked to log back into your account? Malware perhaps?
