A deep dive into the log to examine what happens when waking from system sleep. And where you can read a cache of old internet connections…
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How to import complete log extracts into Excel or Numbers, using R as a conversion platform. It’s a bit convoluted, but it works.
Time should be universal, simple, and precise. Not in computers, though. Given enough clocks, it can behave oddly at times.
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.
View the same log entries at different times, and their timestamps change. This explains why, and what is going on.
When Time Machine seems to take a long time preparing the next backup, or gets stuck, here is how to diagnose and deal with it.
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.
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