The odd behaviour of some apps, which quit on their own, but hang around as zombies, and the long battle trying to make sense of logs.
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Rising to the challenge of the unified log: how to work around lack of information, and a surfeit of information. More function and power.
New options find and show startup and wake events, and can perform log load analysis on the last 20 days or so of log entries. A unique tool.
This new version lets you select which log file to analyse, and to add custom processes to examine within log files. Lots of power with elegant simplicity.
This new version incorporates zooming in time, and browsing log excerpts. It also fixes a crashing bug.
How do you find the few crucial clues to explain a problem which happened hours, days, or weeks ago? Come find your needle using Woodpile.
Now you can hover the pointer over any of the chart bars, and see information about that log file.
A fascinating tool for exploring the log activity of the most active and important processes on your Mac, over the last 3 months – now with bar charts built in.
This analyses log use over the previous 3 months, and lets you view and export log load data for your chosen process.
Traditional logs are good for looking at single events. The unified log is a unique platform for looking at statistics and patterns, which can reveal new knowledge – if you have the tools.
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