After 2 years, developers should be able to use the unified log for performance analysis, thanks to extensions and Xcode’s Instruments. Sysadmins and users remain neglected, though.
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Improved usability including keystroke shortcuts, and three bugs fixed – one of which disabled use of custom settings files.
My free log browser is progressing towards version 3 release. This beta can save as RTF, runs slow tasks in the background, and has a smaller minimum window size.
Are we in for some real surprises, like tools and documentation, or just razzle-dazzle, smoke and mirrors?
More friendly, it runs checks in the background as much as possible, and has improvements in displaying results.
Do you use iCloud? Then you need this, the only tool for managing it properly, investigating its problems, and tacking them.
Is shutdown -r now better than reboot? What advantages does Finder’s Restart have over them? The answers are in these logs.
If you’re familiar with the macOS log and have problems with an iOS device, you can easily access its log to help in diagnosis.
Once a new MacBook Pro was updated to 10.13.4, it started to hammer Continuity connections to the iMac (10.12.6), which has AirPort turned off. This blew Bluetooth apart. Log extracts and more info.
How much help does macOS provide for the diagnosis of iCloud problems? What does iCloud ‘throttle’, and what are its ‘budgets’?
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