How to access hidden and protected folders and files in the Finder, including a natty shortcut for Sierra and later.
High Sierra
Why doesn’t High Sierra record the opening of keychains in the log, in the way that Sierra does? Has Apple abandoned the goals of its new unified log?
Preface a filter with the ® character, and Woodpile will use it in a regular expression (regex) search of log message content.
New features to set the number of bars in its chart view, and refresh a view. Improvements in usability and efficiency, and a couple of bug fixes.
Changes include frequent timechecks by timed, harder access to info about keychains, a couple of possible AppleScript bugs, and APFS snapshots.
This marketing notification was silently installed using Apple’s pushed update service, and is easily removed.
High Sierra makes two significant changes to the unified log system, from Sierra. Here’s an evaluation of them.
How to identify which keychains are opened when your Mac starts up, and any problems when that happens.
What happens next with Apple’s new file system is a strong indicator of its commitment to the Mac as a computer platform. Copy-on-write is the issue.
Styles let you see the log fields you want, with colour; filters are instant search tools; those and custom processes now have a Preferences sheet.
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