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Why can’t I find anything useful in Sierra’s logs?

Sierra’s Console is of little help to most users. Here is an explanation, and suggested alternatives for browsing your logs.

January 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

A Console replacement for examining past logs in Sierra: LogLogger5b update

Introducing a revised version of my free Console replacement app LogLogger. This is now signed, with no other changes.

December 20, 2016 Macs, Technology

A Console replacement for examining past logs in Sierra: LogLogger 5b (updated)

This update includes documentation, performs some predicate operations properly, and saves the shell command to log excerpt files.

November 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

How to check that Time Machine is working properly

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When did Time Machine make its last backup? Are you sure that it completed without error? Here’s how to check these simply.

November 12, 2016 Macs, Technology

Sierra Log Tutorial: Exploring a startup

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How to explore what happens during startup, and hone in on problems. The second tutorial, medium level.

November 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Sierra Log Tutorial: Getting started, Time Machine errors, and restarts

A basic tutorial showing how to get useful information from Sierra’s new logs, using LogLogger5.

November 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Try turning it off and back on again

We need a bridge between Swift Playgrounds, Raspberry Pi, and other educational environments, and full-blown SDKs. That includes RAD tools and the likes of Console.

November 6, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

A Console replacement for examining past logs: LogLogger5

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Can’t get the info from Sierra’s logs with Console? Here’s a free replacement to give full access to past log entries swiftly and efficiently.

November 5, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

App Store chaos + Power Coma + Time Machine blackout = Friday

When it rains, it always pours catfish. And most of the falling fish came courtesy of the App Store.

October 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Sierra 10.12.1: an incomplete summary

A rolling list of bugs which remain in Sierra 10.12.1, including those in Finder and Console.

October 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

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