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Last Week on my Mac: The value of log access

Why was my Mac still preparing a backup 20 minutes after it should have been completed? And what is a ‘deep event scan’?

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation version 2: multiple windows on your log

The first beta of the free log browser is now available. It lets you open multiple windows on your logs.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation: a log browser for Sierra, version 1.0

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First full release, with several significant enhancements, and full documentation. Free as always.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

How Time Machine backups are launched in Sierra

macOS Sierra doesn’t run periodic backups using a simple mechanism. Here’s the story in full detail.

February 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Blowhole advanced: writing a command tool in Swift 3, and more

Here’s a tool which lets AppleScript and anything else which can run a shell command make an entry in Sierra’s logs.

February 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Bugs in the logs: Sierra’s new logging system is a game of chance

Here are two log excerpts which should be identical, but only one out of all the entries is actually the same. What is wrong?

February 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Instrumenting macOS Sierra to investigate irregular backups and log problems

Getting deeper into using Sierra’s new logs, and investigating why Time Machine backups become irregular.

February 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Getting more out of Sierra’s logs

Devising strategies for getting the best out of Sierra’s new logs. Or should we just abandon them as a lost cause?

February 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation 1.0b5: a tool for browsing your logs

Browsing existing log entries in macOS Sierra is now much easier and more powerful.

February 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

New releases: Consolation 1.0b4, LockRattler 3.2, KeychainCheck 1.1

Significant improvements to Consolation for browsing logs. The others gain proper version numbers and icons.

February 6, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

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