Questions tagged [console]
The built-in macOS application for viewing log files generated by the system and by individual applications.
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iOS how to read bluetoothd service logs in the console?
I’m debugging a Bluetooth app on an iPhone. When I connect it via cable to a Mac, I see that Apple logs output from “bluetoothd” service in between my app’s output. The logs contain central/ ...
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Macbook Air m2 launch.log continuously growing size
In the Console app I found this file "launch.log" (/private/var/log/com.apple.xpc.launchd), which is continually increasing in size.
Is it a normal behavior?
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An entire day is missing from my system log, what happened?
I just noticed that an entire day, in which I worked the full day and have activity logs elsewhere, is missing from my macOS system log when viewed with the log show command.
Here is an excerpt:
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What is "signpost_reporter"?
Today I updated my 2014 MacBook Air to macOS Mojave 10.14.5 as it just released. After the update finished, I checked console logs and noticed in 'System Reports' there's a log named "...
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Recurring system.log process: "com.apple.dpd: Service exited with abnormal code: 75" - Catalina 10.15.7
I've been trying to remove this weird recurring process that happens every second in my system.log:
Sep 27 23:45:12 User-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.dpd[1749]): Service exited with ...
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What is an "avenger advertisement" coming from the locationd process?
Out of boredom, I ran the console application that comes with macOS by default. As I was looking through some of the logs, I noticed a line that said:
"msg":"...
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Where does the device list come from in Console.app? (Why are duplicate devices shown?)
Sonoma 14.1.1 (23B81), Mac Mini M1 2020.
I noticed recently that Console.app is showing duplicate devices. E.g. screenshot below showing 4 of the same ldh-watch device (I have only 1 Apple Watch).
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How does the TTL field work for Unified Logs?
Running log stats --overview yields the following summary of all the logs on a mac.
Comparing the start and end timestamps to the lists of TTLs, I don't understand how these work together. If there ...
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How do I interpret macOS errors printed to the console?
For some reason, my Photos Library has stopped syncing. In traditional Apple fashion, you don't get a lot of information on the problem in the UI: it says "syncing 38 items to iCloud" and ...
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Safari: Is there a way to prevent Inspect Element opening the console?
I’ve used Safari as my main browser for web dev for years now and at some point fairly recently what I think of as the ‘mini’ console has started to open automatically whenever I right-click and ...
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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 com....
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How to crash an application to produce Crash Report
I want to crash an application in order to produce the crash report and view it in Console.app. However, running sudo kill <pid> or sudo kill -9 <pid> closes the application but does not ...
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Filtering with multiple criteria using OR in Console.app
It seems that using multiple criteria within search in Console implies an AND operator. So if I add a TagA and a TagB filters, it will find only messages that contains both TagA and TagB together.
Is ...
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Are there tools to allow export of Console.app output with same format?
So for years I have not found a way to export a clean output of results collected in the macOS Console app
I primarily want to save my results in the same format as the data is organized in the ...
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How can I detect which app made that beep?
I've got some weird beeps coming intermittently from my computer, and I don't know what is causing them.
Several minutes passed between each occurrence, and they've only happened twice so far, so ...
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Bluetooth Logitech MX Master (all of them) Freezes Throughout the Day Momentarily
Ok, I have an issue that I absolutely cannot figure out.
When I use my mouse on my Mac every few minutes. The mouse freezes for a moment, seems to restart, then allows control again. The issue affects ...
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Mac console app does not connect by WLAN to devices
I want to lookup device logs using the console app (V1.1, 6.0.7). This works when a device is connected by cable.
Devices connected by WLAN are however flagged as not connected, and their logs cannot ...
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Sometimes, I am not able to launch any apps on my Mac
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For some reason, every few days, I am unable to open any apps on my Mac. Occasionally, when I open an app on my Mac, regardless of what app it is (Activity Monitor, Safari, Preview, Photos, ...
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View log-levels for entries added by “logger” command
I log with /usr/bin/logger, which provides a switch -p to set the priority. Example:
logger -p user.warning "My program crashed."
I can see this message via the Console, but I don’t see its ...
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Shutdown_monitor.log > "Security policies don't allow ddt"
Recently, whenever starting my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015, macOS 12.0.1), I receive a dialog box that says "You shut down your computer because of a problem" on every login.
This ...
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WindowServer: (CoreDisplay) [com.apple.CoreDisplay:default] [DEBUG] spamming my console and doing excessive amounts of disk activity
Macmini8,1 (2018) running up to date 10.14.6 OSX Mojave:
My console is getting absolutely destroyed and followed with 'WindowServer: (CoreDisplay) [com.apple.CoreDisplay:default] [DEBUG]' messages and ...
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Why is LANG environment variable wrong in shell?
When I start a Terminal (in Monterey 12.2.1) my LANG is sv_SE.UTF-8, which is fine.
When I start a shell, or any other sub-process that reads environment, from GUI Emacs it is set to LANG="en_SE....
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Get Historic System Event Logs (Sleep, Restart, Wake-up etc)
How can I get the power-related events (Sleep, restart, wake-up) for the current system, like e.g.
2022-02-27T08:02:01 System Restarted
2022-02-28T08:34:32 Resumed from sleep
2022-02-28T15:15:11 Sleep ...
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In MacBook Terminal login history, does console mean that someone physically logged into my MacBook? [closed]
In terminal, I used the last command and got the following:
Paul console Tue May 11 15:46 - 15:49 (00:03)
paul console Tue May 11 09:17 - 09:18 (00:01)
I wasn’...
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How can I tell if someone copied files off of my Internal HDD? [duplicate]
I sent my laptop to replace my old HDD with a new SSD and the person doing the repair kept the HDD with him for many months after putting the SSD in. Is there a way to find out if my files have been ...
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Keep all messages in Console
On macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), Console.app automatically trims old messages when it exceeds 50000. Significance: When I'm searching for specific keywords or processes, after I select the relevant ...
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How to find system log entry from right after login (Big Sur stalls for specific user)
I run macOS Big Sur 11.6 on an iMac i9 from 2019. If I login after shutdown or restart as a specific user, the Finder beachballs and does not respond to anything besides moving a window for about two ...
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Connecting to a device console using screen shows no output
I am trying to access a network device console from my mac using a Prolific Technology USB-serial adapter to the device's console. After installing the relevant driver, the adapter is correctly shown:
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macOS briefly falls back to console after login
A few days ago, my 2018 MacBook Air entered console mode after logging in:
and then switches back to graphical mode (full video here).
I didn't install any system updates. I didn't see anything in ...
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Why can a command in Safari's Javascript (JS) console not call a previously defined function?
I have the latest MacOS and Safari on a 2012 Macbook Pro.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50513038/how-to-automate-download-of-generated-pdfs/50515826#50515826
provides me with a function and a ...
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Excessive Logs from MDS in Console
On my Mac, In the Console, there is an excessive amount of logging from the 'mds' process.
mds is the service that runs Spotlight. It is also integral to Time Machine, apparently.
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What are "stackshots" for mac?
Ive recently noticed that from one of my keynote presentations it creates a ".spin" log whenever i close the presentations without saving or view previous versions of the presentation with the 'Revert ...
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How to reduce Safari/WebKit logging verbosity?
I only recently updated to Sierra (10.12.4). Now when I use the Console program to view console messages, I see a massive amount of logging by WebKit, especially about "Current memory footprint":
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Logs in Console / Disk Usage
With a modern version of macOS, like Big Sur, if you open Console, you see tonnes and tonnes of messages streaming as soon as you press "start".
I was wondering, it seems like the chatter ...
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Strange characters in Console .awd reports
Anyone knows what causes this behavior?
In Console > system reports all .awd reports have characters like this
— ÕÖÖ,$90F31FE5-04CE-99A7-86EA-0E99D6B9ADA8 (í0�:
Macmini6,2B16G1036ZUser`êhz áŸˇåÖ,(ÅÄ$...
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Fresh macOS install: Console.app displays errors/faults. Is that to be expected?
I have installed a fresh copy of macOS 10.13 on an empty drive. After logging in I checked for errors/faults in Console.app. I didn't expect to see any errors let alone faults but Console.app ...
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Reacting to launchservicesd error messages
I am able to observe a particular error message from launchservicesd via Console.app that I would like to use to trigger a script:
However, I'm not sure from what source Console.app is displaying ...
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Is there any way to review all file moves done with Finder?
I recently setup a new Macbook. I had a few apps open, and noticed all of a sudden a Finder dialogue window that showed thousands of files being transferred to 'Movies.' I believe it said '...files ...
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Identify a specific process in macOS Big Sur
I'm writing a shell script that mimics the functionality of setting the menu bar date and time format via System Preferences in macOS Big Sur. The action of checking/unchecking the 24-Hour Time option ...
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How to monitor progress of iPhone sync operation on Catalina
I am currently trying to sync about 10,000 photos to my iPhone. I am suspicious that the sync process is stuck somehow, though. It is two hours in and I cannot see any sign of progress being made.
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MacBook Pro 15 slow after reset, Console full with errors
Over the last two weeks, my MacBook decided to stop loading pages with the error "server cannot be contacted". As it has been some time, I finally decided to reset the whole thing. It is a ...
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Strange message in console about _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key
This message is always displayed in the console log at regular intervals.
com.apple.xpc.launched: (comm.apple.imFoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) the _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available ...
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iphone sends log files to desktop Console app via wifi
UPDATE #2
I've narrowed this down to the WiFi logs are definitely sent via the
lockdown process - not iPhone sync.
This occurs despite the "Connect via network" box in XCode being unchecked.
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How to export the event log from the Console.app into a text file?
According to tutorials, you'd export your Console.app event log by pressing the "Share" and using e.g. the Mail.app:
https://help.realmacsoftware.com/en/articles/1905631-how-to-save-console-logs-in-...
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How to access Console Device log in macOS via terminal
macOS has Console app to view different logging activities. Console has a group Devices in the top left corner with the mac itself and connected devices such as iPhone. I would like to access mac ...
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Change font in Console.app
Is it possible to increase the font size in Console? I am looking at a 27" Thunderbolt display sitting about 4 feet away and the tiny font is unreadable. It appears to be Menlo 11 and I need at ...
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How do I browse logs in /var/log in Console.app on Catalina?
Up to and including Mojave, /var/log was listed in the sidebar of Console.app, allowing me to browse subfolders and, for instance, look at /var/log/powermanagement logs for previous days.
But in ...
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80+ Mail console messages per seconds: "no entry for mailbox id <X> in the cache; this should never happen"
Mail rarely below 30% cpu on a 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 …
-> could be 100% of one core …
fan on (very loud), top of the notebook very hot,
laptop very slow to react/respond to inputs
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How can I share a saved search for Console.app?
I'm using Console.app to debug an iPhone app that my team is building. I've customized my view of the events in Console by filtering to exclude noisy libraries, subsystems, and messages.
While I can ...
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How to find activity log with time stamps of when applications were opened and closed on MacBook Pro
Is it possible to see a log of when any given application was opened, running, and then closed on my MacBook Pro? For example something that would show the messages app was opened at 3:00 pm and then ...
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