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Log Literacy: Hunting bugs with Ulbow’s Chart View

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I was having problems in the Twitter app, with it stealing 100% CPU and upsetting WindowServer. Here’s how I discovered what the problem was.

March 17, 2023 Macs, Technology

The non-Universal binary: a cautionary tale

Identical code using system_profiler to look up the firmware version number worked in two apps but failed in a third. The solution was obscure.

November 12, 2020 Macs, Technology

How to use the unified log to see what’s going wrong

It’s actually even easier to browse the unified log and discover what is going wrong with a reproducible problem. Here’s how.

October 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Script Debugger version 6

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Simply the best development environment, which now has superb support for AppleScript Objective-C. At half the price too.

June 27, 2016 Macs, Technology

SIP and rootless: protecting more than just system files

SIP protects your Mac from rogue KEXTs too, and prevents tools from attaching to protected processes.

May 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Update breaks single website

Since upgrading OS X, a single website has stopped working. How can I fix it?

September 28, 2015 Macs, Technology
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