Questions tagged [logs]
System files that contain system event information, errors, and crash information.
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Was my Macbook Pro remotely accessed?
I'm running Mojave on a Macbook Pro. A while ago, my screen started randomly scrolling down by itself while I was using Safari, and the problem persisted for a few seconds. The scrolling seemed almost ...
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How to create a cron log file in macOS High Sierra
I have an issue with cron in macOS High Sierra.
I have cron running, and it is running the jobs I want to run. I am unable, however, to figure out how to make it create a cron.log file in /var/log.
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Why has the MacOs Diagnostic Log shown an asterisk in an application path?
SuperDuper! crashed recently, and when looking at the report I found
/Applications/Tools/*/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/MacOS/SuperDuper!
The surprising part is the *, which I've never seen before. ...
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How to tell which app added a photo to my iCloud Photo Library
Today I noticed some photos in my iCloud Photo Library which I did not put there. I'm not talking about any shared album, this is my personal library. This is alarming since I have never shared my ...
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How to enable logging for smbd on MacOS Mojave 10.14.5?
I would like to enable logging on my file sharing service. (It's crashing intermittently and I can't figure out why.)
When I inspect the plist for the file sharing service smbd on my Mac running ...
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How can I monitor an employee's activity on a remote Mac?
I have a remote worker for my project and I am letting him use the Mac with the source code on it. I want to monitor his every activity, if that is possible.
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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.
UPDATE
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2012 iMac: Stalling on boot (macOS Mojave 10.14.5) External SSD. Display Issue?
Adding more detail:
This is late 2012 iMac (13,2) with 128GB original internal NVMe but with new Samsung EVO 860 1TB SSD. I used to be able to talk to it via target disk mode (where I erased drives) ...
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What does a “<private>” wake reason mean from powerd?
This morning, like every morning, I sat down at my laptop but this time the tabs that I normally leave open were closed and Photoshop was trying to quit.
This was totally unexpected so I tried to ...
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Can system logs tell me when I closed my Macbook?
I'm trying to figure out how late I've been working for the last few months.
Normally my old line manager would not have given me time in lieu. However she was fired last week and I now stand a ...
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How do I filter out library messages from “log” output?
This command:
log show --predicate "(process == 'MyApplication')" --source --last 30m
Produces this output:
Filtering the log data using "process == "MyApplication""
Skipping info and debug messages,...
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mds processes are constantly crashing
Mojave 10.14.4 here -- mds_worker processes constantly crashing and re-spawning as per the logs. The 'indexing' spotlight bar stops at various different points, always getting stuck, though in ...
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PF Firewall : Every time I use `pfctl`, I get errors about ALTQ support
I have a slightly elaborate firewall setup where my server usually has between 400 and 800 ip addresses firewalled. It switches back and forth between two different pf tables. Every day it rebuilds ...
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stderr error log from launchd scripts filled with non-errors
I've added versions of the following to each of the launchd plist files for all of the scripts I run on my server:
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/script_logs/server....
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How to isolate systemic hangs in macOS 10.14?
I'm struggling with some kind of a hang that is very elusive. Apple can't seem to isolate the problem after many sysdiagnose submissions. It predominantly happens in instances of Google Chrome, Finder ...
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How do I use `log stream` to search ALL existent logs on macOS for strings?
I need to search all logs on macOS Mojave for "some string". I was told that the way to do this was to execute:
sudo log stream --source --start'1999-99-99 23:59' | egrep -i "some regex string"
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Unified Logs | macOS High Sierra
I have macOS unified logs from System A in .logarchive format. Any attempts to parse the .logarchive in System B using log show command provides following error:
bash-3.2#log show /tmp/unifiedlogsv2/...
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How do I decode the contents of Apple System Logs in /var/log/DiagnosticMessages (using the command line)
I would like to decode the contents of the files in /var/log/DiagnosticMessages.
My laptop currently has 52MB of such files:
$ ls -l
total 53572
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin 483660 Mar 11 22:48 2019....
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/private/var/db/uuidtext/dsc directory huge size
I have /private/var/db/uuidtext/dsc directory full of files. Directory size is >100GB and constantly growing. I've deleted all the files and also tried to reboot my mac, but it doesn't help.
I've ...
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Applescript : text delimitation in a loop
I'm trying to get values from a log file of all the occurrence of a value
Recorded on the following key :
> <key>MyTime</key> <string>2019-03-29T08:48:18+0000</string&...
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log-sessions logs not deleting
I have a lot of a log-sessions logs and iTunes is unable to delete them during the sync, as long as Xcode can't (through device browse function).
Is there any way to get rid of them?
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Someone has files from my Mac on their external hard drive
I have my housemate's old Mac. He still has an account on it, neither of us have each others passwords so we cannot access each others accounts, and public file sharing is turned off (and I don't keep ...
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Visualize Syslog on OSX
I'm looking for a GUI (or terminal if there is no GUI) application that provides the following:
Visualization of syslog logs.
Filtering: For example, I can filter a particular type of logs, a ...
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How can I find out when my Macbook Pro turned itself on?
I'm trying to track down a problem where my MPB occasionally turns itself on while still closed. Perhaps if I can identify the time it happens, it will reveal something useful. In the most recent case,...
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How can I debug an unrecognised display in High Sierra?
My external monitor recently stopped being recognised by my MacBook Pro (Early 2011 - 8,2, High Sierra, 10.13.6)
I have reset PRAM / SMC and tried a number of troubleshooting steps as outlined in the ...
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iCloud Sync activity log
Trying to figure out how to see activity happening while iCloud Files is syncing. The macOS Console application shows messages from cloudd, but nothing very useful:
The Activity Monitor does not show ...
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Is there a way to see when an application was launched? [duplicate]
Is there a way to see when an application was launched? I need to restore some tabs that were open in my browser when I launched it several weeks ago (it is still running) and I want to look in the ...
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When and by who was a password changed
I have created a specific account on my Mac (called skype) to use with risky software, Skype. This account is a standard account.
Since I didn't want to use this account very often, I saved its ...
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Can I delete StoreData found at /private/var/log/powermanagement/StoreData?
I had a problem backing-up my (mid-2007) iMac running El Capitan using SuperDuper. I sent SuperDuper the error log and they suggested that I delete StoreData found at /private/var/log/powermanagement/...
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OS X Find my iPhone logs
How to check "Find my iPhone" start/stop logs? Thanks.
The service was strangely disabled.
I already checked some logs through the system Console App.
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How to troubleshoot spurious restart?
MBP 15 inch 2018, 2.9 GHz i9, 32 GB, 2TB; 10.13.6
If I leave my system unattended for several hours, it will restart itself - as if someone selected applemenu>Restart...
Apple has been no help so ...
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AppleScript : Track change (time tracking)
I have an app which display the number of minutes passed within a specific status
for e.g I'm online now since 102 min , the result of my script return {"Online for 102:40"}
How can I get the value ...
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iPhone app access log
I accidentally brought my iPhone 7 into my university examination and was wondering if I would be able to produce a log (record) of iPhone app access, to show that I never used it during that ...
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How can I get the last logins/shutdowns/restarts located on a volume from another Mac?
I'd like the last command to display login/logout information located on a volume from another Mac. I've mounted that volume at /Volumes/1013.
Where does last get that information from? I'd rather ...
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How can I enable AFP access logging on macOS server?
I tried to turn on AFP access logging on macOS Server 5.6.1, but don't see any entries when accessing the volume from clients running macOS 10.13.5
My AFP settings list as serveradmin settings afp
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Disable new macos logging system
My SSD has bad blocks, so I get overwhelmed by those messages:
2018-07-07 21:24:03.950826+0000 0xd0 Default 0x0 0 kernel: (IOStorageFamily) disk1s1: device error.
2018-...
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Macbook restarts repeatedly while sleeping
Last night, my macbook (10.13.4) was sleeping while low on power. I got on it this morning and the battery was dead. After charging, I noticed that if I close the lid to put the computer to sleep, it ...
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log: Could not open local log store: The log archive format is corrupt and cannot be read
I'm having some problems with my Macbook. The primary problem is that I'm unable to log into my admin account since a recent system update. I tried searching for solutions online, but haven't found ...
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How to see <private> data in iOS logs?
Looking at iOS 11 logs using Console.app in High Sierra, I see that many important bits of information are masked like this:
nsurlsessiond Triggering periodic update to powerlog for client <...
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store local1 syslog messages in /var/log/local1.log
I would like to have syslog messages for the local1 facility stored in a file /var/log/local1.log. I've tried managing /etc/asl.conf but can't figure out how to modify it. It seems that Apple is no ...
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How can I tell the exact time when a drive disconnected?
I have a USB drive (a Drobo) that appears disconnecting randomly after 10-20 hours. I'm trying to gather data to help understand the root cause of the problem so I'd like to understand the timing of ...
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See a log of all DMG files that were mounted
Today I saw for a very brief moment (like a fraction of a second) an alert telling me that some “BaseSystem.dmg” file was being mounted, even though I wasn’t trying to mount anything, nevertheless a ...
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During Dictionary Attack, how can I Capture the attempted usernames and passwords?
I have several nefarious individuals attempting to gain access to my servers constantly with VNC, presumably using some kind of dictionary attack against the password.
Is there a way to get a log of ...
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How to see / capture ALL SMB server log output in 10.12 and 10.13?
Ever since the move away from SAMBA, I've been plagued by various oddities with SMB and both Windows and Mac clients.
Digging about /var/log used to do the trick, but it doesn't seem that the SMB ...
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How do I see all my failed login attempts (macOS High Sierra)
I've tried the following commands:
syslog -F raw -k Facility com.apple.system.lastlog | grep <my_username>
cat /var/log/asl.log (DOES NOT WORK ON HighSierra)
who
Thanks to Scot, the following ...
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Based on what criteria are the crash logs of a process automatically deleted?
According to the Apple Tech Note https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2004/tn2123.html,
"CrashReporter limits the number of crash log files for any given combination of user, ...
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Deleting iPhone's Apple Support General Log File
I have an old iPhone 3GS I'm trying to use back again.
I loaded it up on iTunes and noticed I have 3.8Gb worth of "Other" data stored in it. Keep in mind this is the 8Gb model.
I've tried all ...
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MacBook Pro tries to shutdown every X hours
My Macbook Pro is trying to shutdown itself every X amount of hours, is there a way to check in the logs what process is triggering the shutdown process?
I can see the following in the logs, but not ...
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Read old/previous/past console log entries from an iPhone
I know there are plenty of ways to receive real-time log messages from an iPhone - e.g. the Console app on a Mac, Apple Configurator, and cfgutil syslog. But is there a way to look back at older ...
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Is there a log-in log on macOS?
I'm suspecting a roommate somehow got my password, and I want to confirm this hypothesis. Is there a log that keeps track of successful and failed log-ins?
PS: I tried using the wake reasons log, but ...
