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This is what happens when Sierra’s backups become irregular

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When Sierra’s automatic backups stop or become irregular, other functions fail too. Here are some important and more obvious ones. Is this fixed in High Sierra, and does it affect iPhones too?

November 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why did my Mac stop making Time Machine backups? An investigation with Woodpile 0.6a1

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This new version lets you select which log file to analyse, and to add custom processes to examine within log files. Lots of power with elegant simplicity.

October 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Browsing your log with Woodpile: Clarity and detail

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This new version incorporates zooming in time, and browsing log excerpts. It also fixes a crashing bug.

October 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing a macOS problem of a month ago

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How do you find the few crucial clues to explain a problem which happened hours, days, or weeks ago? Come find your needle using Woodpile.

October 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting with Swift: Bar charts and ToolTips

Drawing in a graphics view shouldn’t be as hard as it seems. And how making custom ToolTips is simple, when you know how.

October 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Woodpile gets informative ToolTips in its bar chart

Now you can hover the pointer over any of the chart bars, and see information about that log file.

October 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Look No Spreadsheet: Woodpile now charts logs on its own

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A fascinating tool for exploring the log activity of the most active and important processes on your Mac, over the last 3 months – now with bar charts built in.

October 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

More Scripting in Swift: Looking it up in a dictionary

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Dictionaries are valuable, perhaps vital for working with property lists, but seldom as flat as examples suggest. Here are some nested examples in real code.

October 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

First steps to a new type of log browser: Woodpile 0.1a1

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This analyses log use over the previous 3 months, and lets you view and export log load data for your chosen process.

October 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

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