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Free log browser Ulbow version 1.1 is now released

Full release version includes corrections to its Chart view. With 33 page 7,500 word Help book and much more.

March 5, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Locating a problem in the log using Ulbow 1.1b3

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Now feature-complete, this version has powerful tools to help you locate significant events to the second and better.

February 26, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

When T2M2, Ulbow, Cirrus, or another log-based app returns an error

What do you try when T2M2, Ulbow, or another app which accesses the log, doesn’t work properly? Diagnosis and solutions.

February 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Checking backup transfer rates using T2M2 version 1.13

Now collects log entries reporting progress and rates of transfer during a backup, and giving info on what is slowing them down.

February 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine 14: Diagnosing and working around slow backups

How can you tell what causing a backup to run so slowly? If it is this bug, what can you do about it? A plain user’s guide.

February 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Duff disk or normal behaviour?

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Surely these problems with Time Machine are old hat and not news? Or are they simply errors occurring with disks or the file system?

February 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

Why privileged commands may never be allowed

Running an AppleScript which tries to run a shell command with root privileges can fail. Here’s why, and what we can’t do about it.

February 15, 2020 Macs, Technology

Ulbow now helps you solve log problems in version 1.1b2

New beta-release can check your log file structure and send a simple test command to log, confirming that all is in working order.

February 11, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Time Machine 12: Backups that never complete

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Here’s what happens when a Time Machine backup, normally the first, slows to the point where it’s just never going to finish.

February 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Making your own logarchive from a backup

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Logs are normally backed up by Time Machine, but Apple provides no tool which can access those backed up logs. Here’s how to do it.

February 7, 2020 Macs, Technology

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