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Can you back up iCloud documents?

iCloud Drive just works. Time Machine just works. So Time Machine should back up the contents of your iCloud Drive? Maybe not.

February 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

When clouds break the sun doesn’t shine

Recent problems with syncing to iCloud have been widespread, and mainly affected apps sharing working documents across platforms. More on changes to OneDrive and their impact.

February 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

What to do when iCloud gets stuck

Understanding how iCloud works, and how files can be downloaded or evicted. Basic tests which are essential preliminaries, and using Cirrus to help.

December 3, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Logs

Since macOS Sierra, the Unified log has been an unrivalled source of information about what’s going on in macOS. But access isn’t simple.

September 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Cirrus 1.12 and Taccy 1.14 fix time issues and improve log performance

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Updates recommended for all users. They finally address problems with using 12-hour and other clocks. Log handling code has been refactored to improve performance.

April 23, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Bugs and problems in the log: updates for 6 apps

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Consolation, Ulbow, Mints, T2M2, Cirrus and Taccy all updated to cope with increasing complexity and unreliability of the unified log.

April 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Cirrus version 1.10 has an improved interface and is a Universal App

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Better colour scheme for text in its log window, some other minor fixes, and now runs native on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

August 4, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Do you want to explore or diagnose a problem? Try Mints

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New approach to reading logs which enables you to follow conversations between sub-systems and services you’re interested in without messing with predicates.

July 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

Another batch of Universal Apps, and a fixed version of Ulbow

Nine more free apps available as Universal binaries, from Cirrus to xattred.

July 7, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

How to reveal ‘private’ messages in the log

Fed up with all those censored entries in the log? Here’s a simple way to turn privacy protection off and log uncensored again.

May 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

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