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MakeLogarchive can now catalogue any well-formed logarchive

The catalogue includes the dates and times each log file was created and completed, size, and the period of time covered by it.

October 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

MakeLogarchive enables Consolation to read individual log files

The combination lets you browse tracev3 log files within a log archive, which MakeLogarchive can create from raw logs in /var/db.

October 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Code signing: confusing and weak?

How my apps were correctly signed, but using the wrong certificate. They passed all tests here, but would not come out of quarantine normally on other systems.

September 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why can’t I download and install macOS Sierra any more? (Updated)

Like El Capitan before it, Sierra has now vanished from the App Store. It has also been removed from your Purchased list. How can you install it now?

September 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Diving deeper into drive health: SMART utilities compared

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Want to keep an eye on your hard drive(s) and SSD? Worried that your SSD might need replacing? Here are some tools to put your mind at rest.

September 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

macOS High Sierra: Installation and Issues (updated)

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A complex installation, which ran smoothly but failed to convert an external SSD to APFS. Watch for issues in migration, though, which forced me to abandon. And yes, Sierra can still access High Sierra’s APFS disks.

September 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Browsing the unified log in difficult circumstances

How to access raw log files generated by Sierra, High Sierra, iOS, etc., and a convenient utility to turn them into logarchives.

September 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has updated Gatekeeper again

Apple has pushed out another silent update to its Gatekeeper configuration data for OS X and macOS. This […]

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Updates, updates

The good (Xcode 9, Swift 4.0), the bad (iTunes 12.7), and the less accessible (iOS 11), as Apple’s month of upgrades progresses.

September 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra’s unified log evolves: more persistent, and a valuable log log

Sierra’s logs have changed, and now contain full entries for around 20 days. There’s also a log log, which has statistical summaries. All useful information for diagnosis and forensics.

September 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

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