Sierra’s new logs have new uses, such as collecting and analysing test and use data – only if you can import log extracts into a suitable app.
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View the same log entries at different times, and their timestamps change. This explains why, and what is going on.
Why was my Mac still preparing a backup 20 minutes after it should have been completed? And what is a ‘deep event scan’?
The first beta of the free log browser is now available. It lets you open multiple windows on your logs.
First full release, with several significant enhancements, and full documentation. Free as always.
macOS Sierra doesn’t run periodic backups using a simple mechanism. Here’s the story in full detail.
Here’s a tool which lets AppleScript and anything else which can run a shell command make an entry in Sierra’s logs.
Here are two log excerpts which should be identical, but only one out of all the entries is actually the same. What is wrong?
Getting deeper into using Sierra’s new logs, and investigating why Time Machine backups become irregular.
Devising strategies for getting the best out of Sierra’s new logs. Or should we just abandon them as a lost cause?
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