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Tango for Two Macs: cached system and App Store updates

Details of how the Content Caching server handles a cache macOS security data update, and both client and server handle an App Store update.

June 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Inside the Content Caching server: performance and troubleshooting

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Using Activity Monitor and command tools to assess performance of a content caching server, and diagnosing problems from the log.

June 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

Mints 1.5 reports recent boots and solves normalization

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Now lists the time of the start of all boots in the last 24 hours, and helps you with Unicode normalization problems.

May 24, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Mints has a new page all to itself

A new support page contains supplementary info for Mints and its log extracts and tools.

May 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Explore your App Store problems using Mints 1.4

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A new tailor-made log view shows what’s happened in interactions with the App Store, and can give clues as to the cause of delays and failures.

May 6, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Consolation 3.13 fixes time issues and improves command output

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This update is recommended for all users. It finally addresses problems with using 12-hour and other clocks. It also reveals a more useful version of the log command used to get a log extract.

April 23, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

How some log entries vanish sooner than others

Sometimes, when you return to examine entries in the log a few hours after they were written, many of them have vanished. How come?

April 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Mints version 1.3 improves log handling and addresses time formatting

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With extensive refactoring in the code to display logs extracts, this update should be faster and require less memory on all supported versions of macOS.

April 17, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ulbow version 1.7 addresses date changes in Big Sur

Addresses problems with time formatting, so you should now be able to use Ulbow with a Buddhist calendar, 12-hour clock, set to summer time in Mongolia.

April 14, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow

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Using EtreCheckPro to identify periods of high CPU, then exploring those in the log using Ulbow. A short and simple workthrough.

April 14, 2021 Macs, Technology

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