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Starting up in Sierra: a fuller account for troubleshooting

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A detailed examination of what happens during the first few minutes after starting your Mac up. Vital for anyone trying to diagnose problems in that period.

November 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Woodpile does it with style, filters, and preferences

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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.

November 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Is High Sierra dual-bootable?

A post-mortem analysis on attempts to make my iMac dual-boot between Sierra and High Sierra. Can it be done in safety?

November 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

New and improved Consolation 3: rearranged window and more

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Changes made to preferences are now reflected immediately in all windows. Also ported to Swift 4.0 and built in Xcode 9.1.

November 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Woodpile can now browse all log entries, and enters beta phase

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Added to the bar chart are timestamps of the first and last log entries included, and there are other improvements too.

November 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Brilliant but

The odd behaviour of some apps, which quit on their own, but hang around as zombies, and the long battle trying to make sense of logs.

November 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Another step forward in browsing the log with Woodpile 0.8a1

Rising to the challenge of the unified log: how to work around lack of information, and a surfeit of information. More function and power.

November 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

See when your Mac starts or wakes up, using Woodpile

New options find and show startup and wake events, and can perform log load analysis on the last 20 days or so of log entries. A unique tool.

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

This is what happens when Sierra’s backups become irregular

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When Sierra’s automatic backups stop or become irregular, other functions fail too. Here are some important and more obvious ones. Is this fixed in High Sierra, and does it affect iPhones too?

November 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why did my Mac stop making Time Machine backups? An investigation with Woodpile 0.6a1

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This new version lets you select which log file to analyse, and to add custom processes to examine within log files. Lots of power with elegant simplicity.

October 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

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