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How quickly can apps and scripts write to the log?

How long does it take to write a Signpost to the unified log? Measuring this is essential if you’re going to use them to measure performance.

September 10, 2020 Macs, Technology

Measuring performance of code using RouteMap, now a Universal App

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Makes it easy to write, harvest and analyse Signposts in the log to measure performance. Important fix for Apple Silicon too.

September 9, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Inside Catalina’s unified log: how has it changed?

Changes since Mojave are subtle. No new fields have been added to the log format, and code-level access is largely undocumented. Console remains at version 1.1.

October 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Is a VM a good answer for running 32-bit apps in Catalina?

One solution to running 32-bit apps in Catalina is a VM. Here I assess the performance of Parallels Desktop 15. Is it up to the job?

September 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Interested in performance? Updated Signpost tools now available

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You can use Signposts readily from scripting languages, shell scripts, even within 3rd party apps, with the aid of these tools.

September 2, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Want to write a message to the unified log? blowhole v9 will do that for you

A simple command tool to write messages to the unified log in Sierra and later. Now signed, hardened and notarized.

June 12, 2019 Macs, Technology

Updates to log access apps Consolation 3 and RouteMap

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Both are now notarized for added security, there is a small bug fixed in Consolation, and updated documentation.

November 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

How Mojave changes the unified log

Survey of changes which have occurred since the first version of the unified log in macOS Sierra, with particular emphasis on Mojave.

September 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which apps for Mojave?

Natural language parsing, privacy exploring, update investigating, xattr-tweaking, iCloud poking, log browsing: they’re all here for Mojave.

September 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

Updates all round to Blowhole, RouteMap, and the Signpost Kit

At last: RouteMap performs some analysis on your Signposts, and with the other tools can be used to estimate latency, and look at macOS system performance too.

August 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

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