What happens when you click a tool in an app? This traces both parts of that click or tap through to the app actioning it, in macOS 27.2.
LogUI
Problems with log extracts taken when daylight saving (summer) time is changed, and how a new version of LogUI can write hieroglyphics to your Mac’s log, in this new version.
This works around an infuriating bug in SwiftUI that prevents full selection of log entries. Essential when using in macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Can you use the log stats -overview command to discover how far back you can check your Mac’s active Unified log? Could that really be as long as 2 weeks?
Update fixes a cosmetic glitch where the items in the Search menu aren’t shown correctly in Golden Gate.
Is the log the right place to look? Should you use the active log, or make and use a logarchives? When should you start the search? Predicate or search? And further questions answered.
How to reduce a 5 second log extract with 3,576 entries to just the 498 you’re most interested in, using Notes and Search features in LogUI, and what they tell us about how macOS 26.5.2 launches a known app.
Adds notes to log entries, which can be coupled with its search feature to assemble collations of entries of interest, as well as adding info on activities and events.
Structured data is common and essential in many situations. Despite prolonged attempts to structure text semantically, most that is indexed and searched has mark-up removed, and uses the lowest common denominator, plain text.
New version exports log statistics in CSV format for further analysis by Numbers, Excel and others. Here’s a demonstration of what can be done, including a comparison with ‘War and Peace’.
