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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

Mints has a new page all to itself

A new support page contains supplementary info for Mints and its log extracts and tools.

May 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explore your App Store problems using Mints 1.4

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A new tailor-made log view shows what’s happened in interactions with the App Store, and can give clues as to the cause of delays and failures.

May 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Consolation 3.13 fixes time issues and improves command output

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This update is recommended for all users. It finally addresses problems with using 12-hour and other clocks. It also reveals a more useful version of the log command used to get a log extract.

April 23, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

How some log entries vanish sooner than others

Sometimes, when you return to examine entries in the log a few hours after they were written, many of them have vanished. How come?

April 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

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

Big Sur can prevent Ulbow, Mints and T2M2 from browsing its log

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Big Sur has recently introduced a bug which can change the format of log datestamps, which can break Ulbow, Mints and T2M2. Here’s how to fix it.

April 3, 2021 Macs, Technology

Ulbow 1.5 and Consolation 3.11 improve preference handling

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No longer do you need to fiddle around pre-installing preference files, and each app can now reset its preferences to the defaul

February 3, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Big Sur 11.1: bug in log show command affecting Ulbow and Consolation

Use the log show command, Ulbow or Consolation to browse your M1 Mac booting, and they can fail to show tens of thousands of log entries. How to work around this bug in 11.1.

February 1, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside M1 Macs: Time and logs

Time has changed in M1 Macs, with the Mach clock ticking every 41.67 nanoseconds. This affects all log entries too, and works differently in Rosetta.

November 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

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