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Waking your Mac from sleep: log highlights

A deep dive into the log to examine what happens when waking from system sleep. And where you can read a cache of old internet connections…

February 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

R as a platform for data conversion: JSON to Excel for log extracts

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How to import complete log extracts into Excel or Numbers, using R as a conversion platform. It’s a bit convoluted, but it works.

February 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Using Consolation’s log extracts

Sierra’s new logs have new uses, such as collecting and analysing test and use data – only if you can import log extracts into a suitable app.

February 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Drift in the timing of log entries in Sierra

View the same log entries at different times, and their timestamps change. This explains why, and what is going on.

February 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Troubleshooting Time Machine: stuck preparing backup, and the deep event scan

When Time Machine seems to take a long time preparing the next backup, or gets stuck, here is how to diagnose and deal with it.

February 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: The value of log access

Why was my Mac still preparing a backup 20 minutes after it should have been completed? And what is a ‘deep event scan’?

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: turning Consolation into a full-blown app

I was dreading its conversion from an ordinary Cocoa app into an architecture which supported multiple windows. Would Xcode co-operate?

February 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation version 2: multiple windows on your log

The first beta of the free log browser is now available. It lets you open multiple windows on your logs.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation: a log browser for Sierra, version 1.0

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First full release, with several significant enhancements, and full documentation. Free as always.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why have my Time Machine backups stopped or become irregular?

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Is Time Machine becoming erratic? A simple diagnostic process can establish what the problem is, and how to deal with it.

February 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

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