The default log viewer application in Mac OS X.
Console.app is the default log viewing application bundled with Mac OS X. It can be used to view, filter and export system log files.
Questions tagged [console.app]
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In Console.app, how can I reveal to what tags are actually referring?
In the last several versions of MacOS, Console.app has become increasingly more censored, to the point of near uselessness.
Filenames and URLs have been replaced by tags, making it impossible to track down and remedy errors.
While the…
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Enable logging in Calendar.app for OS X 10.8
You used to be able to access a secret debug menu in iCal but this seems to have been removed in 10.8. Annoyingly the command used to enable logging seems not to work any more either.
Can anyone tell me how to enable logging in 10.8?
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"Console log" options doesn't appear in system log queries for Mac 10.7 console.app
In Mac OS 10.6, the Console.app had an option to show the "Console Log" which included what looks like the stdout/stderr message of running applications not explicitly sent to syslog. The option showed up as the second option in the system log…
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Mac: Extend or disable 500 Messages Limit of Console
On Mac OS X's Console.app I get the following message while trying to find a problem in a software-component:
28.07.10 12:09:25 [0x0-0x1ed1ed].org.eclipse.eclipse[6803] *** process 6803 exceeded 500 log message per second limit - remaining…
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Weird Console log spam when switching spaces
I'm on an iMac running OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.5, so whenever I switch spaces I see a bunch of these entries in my console log as part of system.log.
30/11/13 12:42:06.056 PM Dock[208]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x6c6
30/11/13 12:42:06.056 PM…
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(new) Macbookair freezing for minutes, roughly 5 times per day, mouse movable - what could be the source of the issue?
Below the output of the console. I made the start and endpoint of the freeze bold. Do you have any idea what could be the source?
06.09.13 19:30:49,000 kernel[0]: sav: [EWOULDBLOCK][vnode:0xffffff801d9fbd90][original:0xffffff801d9fbd90][callback: 0…
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Mac Console.app not logging any messages
I recently attempted to overcome the 500 message limitation on console logs using the advice provided here:
Mac: Extend or disable 500 Messages Limit of Console
I copied the PLIST file onto my desktop, made the modifications, and re-copied into the…
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Add log files to Console.app
I'd like to select MAMP logs (in /Applications/MAMP/logs/) from Console.app's "Log List".
Is there a way to add arbitrary log files to Console.app's "Log List"?
Maybe there's a .plist I can edit somewhere?
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kernel (AppleIRController) error in os sierra console and how to remove AppleIRController kext
When I have console open for a while, I see the following recurring error (about every minute or so):
error 11:54:38.442473 -0400 kernel stateNumber is On
error 11:54:44.443962 -0400 kernel stateNumber is Suspended
error 11:54:59.812599…
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Where is macOS's "main log" from Console.app stored?
Console.app in macOS shows the "main log" in Devices > My Mac, plus various "reports". For these reports, I can right-click and say "Show in Finder" to go to the actual log file location. For the main log, however, there seems to be no such…
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what process is calling `watchexec` in monterey (macos 12.1)?
After a routine reboot of Monterey (macOS 12.1) without having performed any software updates, I was asked to approve access for watchexec to various system locations such as ~/Documents and ~/Desktop but also my photos library, reminders and…
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Automator/Terminal/Apple Script: Fetch data from macos console app
I want to use automator or terminal to fetch data from the mac console app.
In particular:
If you search for "sleepwake" in the console app › tab "Mac Analytics Data", you get the timestamps when you woke up the mac from sleep mode.
I want to get…
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Console.app: HALS_OverloadMessage.cpp:445:LogPageFaultRecord
guys.
Does someone know what does this exception means?
I've developed a game in Buildbox 3 and exported it to Xcode.
When pluged in my iPhone 6 to Mac and ran game via Xcode - game crashing after few minutes of playing and I see in Console.app…
Ilya
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