New series looking at how TM works, what its problems are, what tools to use to diagnose those, and how to fix it.
diagnosis
Extensive listing of places to find key information such as your User UUID/GUID, Ethernet MAC, model identifier, and much more.
Using only free tools, it isn’t difficult to get a log excerpt which will tell you, or someone else, exactly what occurred at the time.
Changes the font size between 4 and 60 points and saves the setting to its preferences. Also opens windows in saved size and position.
Pinning down what went wrong when an app has crashed is never easy, but should be far more straightforward browsing the log using Consolation 3.
From hardware diagnostics to pmset and resetting the SMC, all you need to know about diagnosing wake and sleep problems.
What to do when your Mac won’t boot into the Desktop and Finder – another summary diagram for diagnosis and suggested solutions.
Do you use iCloud? Then you need this, the only tool for managing it properly, investigating its problems, and tacking them.
How much help does macOS provide for the diagnosis of iCloud problems? What does iCloud ‘throttle’, and what are its ‘budgets’?
There’s something wrong with that file, which seems to keep crashing an app. When you can’t put your finger on what’s wrong, it’s likely to be a xattr problem.
