Log entries are decorated with emoji, and structured using Unicode box characters. There’s also a shorthand for naming files and directories, rather than censoring their names.
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This works around an infuriating bug in SwiftUI that prevents full selection of log entries. Essential when using in macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Thirteen new files, including images and PDF, are created. How long does it take Spotlight’s indexing process to notice, to import them to its indexes, and when is text recognised and extracted from images?
Can you use the log stats -overview command to discover how far back you can check your Mac’s active Unified log? Could that really be as long as 2 weeks?
Cleans up FileProvider problems, improves the log browser, and adds pinned file reporting. Recommended for those using Sonoma and later with iCloud Drive.
Update fixes a cosmetic glitch where the items in the Search menu aren’t shown correctly in Golden Gate.
Version 1.4 can crash when trying to display a Chart view for Signpost or HighVolume log files with less than 6 processes. This update fixes that.
Its bar chart and three point plots have been improved with new controls. The best if not only way to explore old log activity.
Is the log the right place to look? Should you use the active log, or make and use a logarchives? When should you start the search? Predicate or search? And further questions answered.
How to reduce a 5 second log extract with 3,576 entries to just the 498 you’re most interested in, using Notes and Search features in LogUI, and what they tell us about how macOS 26.5.2 launches a known app.
