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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Setting a custom log
I have to get all the chromium and firefox info logs out of /var/log/system.log and into a nice quiet /var/log/{chromium,firefox}.log.
However I can neither recall or find how to set that in ...
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Is there console mode in Mac OS X?
Is there something like Linux console in Mac OS X? Like "terminal", but without running graphics environment.
