Further insights into how iCloud Drive works using a folder of 20 small files. These reveal system limits including chunk size and throttling.
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Apple: “The logs are typically very overwhelming.” So what can the user do to get information about iCloud Drive problems?
When run on Sonoma, these now show log entries from com.apple.FileProvider rather than CloudDocs – a real revelation.
How Sonoma’s new FileProvider mechanism is reflected in log entries for the upload of a test file to iCloud Drive.
You can disable its checks of scheduling, and it better analyses Speed in Big Sur, and backups in macOS 11-14.
How to read T2M2’s report on your Time Machine backups, interpret the results, and discover where any problems are occurring.
When was the last time a WWDC session focussed on a utility, or one was singled out in features for the next macOS? It’s time to reimagine the utilities in macOS.
iCloud Drive in Sonoma has changed beyond all recognition, and is now closely integrated with the FileProvider API. This has important effects, including how you can diagnose problems with the log.
How to use the Time Machine log extract in Mints to check whether its backups are working normally, and what are expected errors.
In Sonoma, some healthy Macs are unable to retain complete logs for 24 hours because of the frequency of entries, and even when privacy is removed, some content is censored.
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