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How to disable/ set logging level /preferences PER Mac OS X application?

I find my Mac's syslogd "Cosole" logs become unusable when some badly written app (PathFinder.app in this case) incessantly spews into syslogd all day long.. I read somewhere that you could disable logging PER app by.. Creating an alias to the…
mralexgray
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Running OSX as a syslog server

I want to receive the logs from my router (an ASUS RT68U) on my laptop (OSX 10.9). It supports syslog and OSX has ASL (a superset of syslog, apparently). I've followed the instructions in OS X Lion as a syslog server but the Console shows nothing…
ian
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What is filling up var/log/asl files?

My mac is filling up my var/log/asl directory with .asl files repeating the same error and gradually decreasing my harddrive space at about a rate of 10 megs every minute or so. I get this repeated error, but can't figure out what it means. Wed Apr …
Joey
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Mac ASL: Unable to see my application's log messages

I have just added ASL logging support to my application (a compiled binary) but I cannot see any log entries using Console.app. I am logging with facility 'com.mydomain.myapp' (that's not the actual value) and have added an entry to…
trojanfoe
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How do I understand or interpret the information in an ACPI .asl file?

Dumping the contents of the Windows Registry, located at HKLM\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT , I can get the DSDT, which I believe is the Differentiated System Description Table. More information about what a DSDT is, here. Using Microsoft's ASL Compiler, I…
Cheeso
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Logs missing and empty message when forwarding syslog from macOS

I have tried the syslog forwarding configuration as mentioned in splunk document, But on the syslog server I not getting all logs generated in macOS and also there is no Syslog content (message) in some logs like the following one, I am not getting…
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SuperMicro won't boot (won't POST) after trying to modify GRUB

I have a SuperMicro in this configuration. We installed Ubuntu 12.04 on it and I used it for over a year until finally upgrading to 14.04. I upgraded from CD choosing only default options, and the boot failed, sending me to the GRUB rescue prompt.…
Matt Phillips
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