the built-in OS X application for viewing log files generated by the system and by individual applications
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Show When Applications Were Opened and Closed
I'd like to be able to see a list of applications that were recently opened and quitted on a per user basis.
Ex:
19:25:34 Google Chrome Canary opened by John Smith
20:45:32 Pages quitted by Julie ...
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Why would opening the DiagnosticReports folder be preferred to using Console.app?
I already searched Ask Different for "Console.app" and "crash logs".
I was recently searching for a way to access OS X crash logs because I couldn't remember the application that pulled them up. All ...
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Cursor does not go begining of the line
Hello I am trying to go begining of the line. neither left arrow key or ctrl + a
lets me do it. everytime it keeps couple letters on the right.
however its a visual bug my cursor is actually in the ...
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wifi.log disappeared?
I had some trouble with my wifi connection so I figured, I could switch on logging for airport via
sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport debug ...
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>console login - changing the screen size
so when I log into the terminal from my login screen (by typing >console as username), I get logged in to the terminal. However, when I try to use vim or anything useful, it only takes up around 1/4 ...
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apache on OSX 10.8 not starting
I had Apache working on my 10.8 MPBR. I haven't used it for a few weeks, and now it doesn't seem to start. I get nothing in /private/var/log/apache2. Nothing, meaning no logging at all, error or ...
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Monitor Console.app for a string and notify when found
Is it possible to monitor all messages in Console.app for a string and then notify the user when this string occurs?
I have the problem that I'm getting disk I/O errors and I suspect that it's not a ...
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Why is it important to keep lots of freespace on OSX? What is the impact?
I have a 500GB drive and have less than 50 GB free. Console is reporting several interesting errors saying I'm too low on space and it's cleaning up "stuff"
1/6/13 4:49:51.475 PM ...
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Parental Controls flooding console and blocking site accidentally?
My entire console is currently messages fron parentalcontrolsd. I got 12 messages, nearly identical, at 6:02:05. At the same time, a site was randomly "not in the approved list in parental controls", ...
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Console reports “sandboxd deny mach-lookup” … Should I modify system.sb?
I'm getting two errors in the console at the same time TimeMachine is running and taking FOREVER to make any progress.
1/4/13 9:41:38.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(5838) deny mach-lookup ...
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Why does “ATSFontFindFromContainer failed: count = 2” appear thousands of times in my system.log?
Just now, I looked at Console Messages and system.log in the Console application. I saw thousands of repetitions of messages like the following:
Dec 30 00:01:54 MyName-2 com.apple.quicklook[39867]:
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Does Console.app also log passwords?
I'm a newb of OS X (or any flavor of *Nix for that matter) so this came to mind lately.. As the Console.app logs every single process that's running, does to also mean passwords & such are also ...
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How to start preview from command line and get back to the terminal when I press ESC?
I do want to add file view support for media files to midnight commander and I something that can be called form the command line that would start preview but that will return to my terminal when I ...
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Logitech C615 USB camera 'not able to enumerate'
I got a Logitech C615 camera a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to get it to work reliably. At first OS X (I run Mountain Lion) was not able to detect the camera, then, after installing the macam ...
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Using PdfLatex in OS X?
This thread here mentions MacTex but it is 2 GB in size and I am trying to find something as small as Apple's open command for modularized preview. How can I get something like pdflatex in OS X? ...
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Where is USB -stick automounted in OSX? Not /media/usb/something like in Ubuntu
Ubuntu automounts USB -fs to /media/usb/something. How is this in OSX? I cannot find anything in /media below.
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How to use a UNIX console app
I downloaded a port knocking script from
http://www.zeroflux.org/projects/knock
It downloaded a file knock, which is a Unix Executable File. When I double click on it, it runs the Terminal, where it ...
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Where is system.log located? (In the filesystem, outside of Console.app)
Where is the system.log file actually located? I know of course that I can view its contents in Console.app, but I just want to know where this text file is actually located. Or is it an almagamation ...
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How to use mouse click to open directory, file, or menu item in Midnight Commander?
I cannot click anything in Midnight Commander now. If I do it - it selects some area only.
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Strange QuickLook Error
I recently installed an SSD (m4 crucial latest firmware) with TRIM enabled on my late 2011 MBP 13". I did a clean install of Mountain Lion 10.8.1, enabled FileVault 2 and everything was working fine ...
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How do you prevent CodeRunner from prefixing its console output with [00m[00m[00m[00m[00m?
There seems to be a connection between CodeRunner's console output and your actual terminal prompt script, that is, if such prompt code is sourced from e.g. ~/.bash_profile (which CodeRunner reads by ...
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How to highlight errors and warnings on iTerm terminal output?
I am looking for a solution that would allow me to use color highlighting to a set of important output messages inside iTerm terminal application.
Things to highlight:
application logs file ...
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In terminal, running top, info extends past the view of the window
I assume this occurs in more terminal functions than just top. Is there a way to view the information without resizing the console window? I currently have my console window set to open at 80x24, ...
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Why are there mainly entries of already uninstalled programs in the Console?
When I look into Console (/Applications...), I see a lot of entries that talk about programs I have uninstalled a long time ago, for instance
01.08.12 10:31:29 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[206
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How to stop AppleIDAuthAgent flooding the console log with messages about expired apple id
After upgrading to Mountain Lion I have noticed this message being flooded into my system console:
AppleIDAuthAgent[179]: SERVER Removing certificate for Apple ID "...@???.??" dsID="XXXXX" because it ...
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What is causing an error with getpwuid in Console, and how can I fix it?
I have opened the Console application to find the last error messages raised from the Apache server, and I found this entries, in the "All Messages" section (the default one selected when the Console ...
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Kernel SMC::smcReadKeyAction error
I just looked in the OS X Console, and noticed that there's a huge number of errors looking like this:
6/12/12 8:33:16.000 PM kernel: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR F1Mn kSMCBadArgumentError(0x89) ...
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securityd goes nuts every 4 minutes & 30 seconds
securityd spams my console with the following :
19/04/2012 16:23:17.405 com.apple.securityd: Value of bTransmit: 00000001
repeated 563 times (after disabling the default mps_limit of 500).
4 ...
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How to launch a file in vifm
I installed vifm through macports.
If I press enter on a file, it just opens it for editing.
How can I launch a file with it's associated program?
i.e. if I have a file highlighted, is there a key ...
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Many Applications accessing obsolete x509anchors
When I look into console.app I see that every 2 minutes one of the mac os programs (Safari, Mail, Keychain, Addressbook, WebProcess etc.) is giving an "Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors." error. ...
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starting mysql from the console and my.cnf
Is this possible to start mysql from the console.
I tried with mysqld start but it fails to start, how to start it?
I didn't find my.cnf in Mac, I wanted to change datadir settings, if there any ...
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How to fix message spam from usbmuxd in console (_SendDetachNotification/_SendAttachNotification)
My console is flooded with messages like these:
11.01.12 21:21:39,819 com.apple.usbmuxd: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x7fff7f6cb960): sending detach for device ...
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mds error “No store registered for scope” for nonexistent volume
My system log is flooded with error messages like the following:
mds: (Error) Server: No store registered for scope "/Volumes/Storage"
The volume in the error was in use on a previous machine ...
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MacBook Pro freezes and shows console error messages
When I log in to my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.5.8 w/ Intel 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and 4 GB of DDR3 ram with a few bad sectors), it started entering my desktop but returned me to the log in screen.
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Is less(1) missing lesskey functionality?
less(1), the terminal file pager, seems to be missing lesskey(1) and the ability to rebind the keystrokes in less. The docs claim it's there, but it doesn't work. Am I crazy or is Apple's version of ...
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Addressing Console.app messages on badly installed and removed software
Ever since I upgraded to 10.7, my computer has been acting funny, I lost my PostgreSQL installation so tried to install it again using the postgres 9.1 dmg from the postgres website. The installation ...
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How to fix usbmuxd spam in console when iPhone is connected?
Since I've upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion (including the latest 10.7.1 update), my usbmuxd seems awfully chatty. This only happens when my iPhone is connected.
It spams the following message at ...
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How to stop flood of Non-Local IPv6 events in my Console (system.log)?
For some reason, my Console is filling up with <8/15/11 6:47:12.000 PM kernel: IPv6 Non-Local address> messages. A quick Google doesn't tell me much and there's nothing on some of the usual ...
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Where does $LANG variable gets set in Mac OS X?
I've used wget for the first time after installing Lion OS X and I've noticed that wget got localized to my native language. Running set command in terminal showed that my LANG variable represents my ...
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I see thousands of these in my Console log
8/5/11 5:21:37 PM kernel FireWire GUID ffffffffffffffff is invalid!
I have a Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo running Snow Leopard. Any suggestions?
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How do I execute command line scripts?
In Windows, I can create .bat files. I double click it and all lines are interpreted as if I had entered it into the console.
In OS X, what file or program do I have to use? If I want write a file ...
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Growl notifications when a user logs in to Minecraft server?
Would love to be able to get a Growl notification when a user logs in to my (locally hosted) Minecraft server.
I took a peek in the Console but it doesn't seem to record the logins, although my ...
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How can I make 'rm' move files to the trash can?
I use the terminal on a daily basis, I will often use rm DirectoryName, sometimes I get a little crazy and do rm *
As you can imagine these shenanigans have sometimes come back and hit me in the ...
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Is it possible to use a serial terminal (e.g. VT420) with a modern Mac?
I've found lots of tutorials for using a Mac to control a serial device, but not the other way around. I've got a DEC VT520 terminal and a recent Mac Pro, is there a way (with a USB adapter) to get a ...
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Is there an OS X 'tail' tool that can monitor remote log files?
I am looking for a visual tail tool that can monitor several local or remote log files.
Optional features that interest me: color highlight based on special words, filtering, notifications on new ...
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Prettify OS X console by coloring output?
OS X terminal is not using colors for highlighting output from different commands, for example ls.
When compared with other systems like Ubuntu, this is a big loss of accessibility/productivity.
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Console.app bounces but does not start
In a (possibly related) recent question I outline some background to a decidedly unhealthy Mac Book Pro (patched up to date with the latest 10.6 updates).
A suggestion was to try to see what clues ...
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How can I config my Mac to don't scape characters when I copy and paste some text on the console?
Is there anyway to config my Mac to don't scape characters when I copy and paste some text on the console? Could anybody help me? It is driving me crazy to erase all \ characters inserted after a ...
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MacUpdate check running every hour?
I have MacUpdate installed (which I got with their Spring Bundle).
I noticed that it tries to check for updates every hour for some reason. The app itself is not running so it must be some agent or ...
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What is the difference between console.log and system.log?
I am checking system logs via the Console utility. I am wondering what the difference is between the console.log and system.log file?
