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Check on your system
Console collects log messages that are generated from your computer and connected devices, and you can use these messages to check on your computer’s performance and solve problems
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How to view log messages
Shows saving a search in Console after entering search criteria.
Find just what you need
Use a search phrase to find log messages and activities that fit what you need. You can even save your search to use again
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How to find log messages
The Console window with the wifi.log report selected and details below.
Pinpoint and share
In addition to log messages, you can also view reports of system activity and share these reports with a support technician or other person helping you troubleshoot a problem.
How to share reports
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support.apple.com /guide/console/welcome/mac
Console User Guide for Mac
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The Console window with a log message selected and details in the bottom pane
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Console is a log viewer developed by Apple Inc. and included with macOS.
It allows users to search through all of the system’s logged messages, and can alert the user when certain types of messages are logged
The Console is generally used for troubleshooting when there is a problem with the computer.[21] macOS itself, as well as any applications that are used, send a constant stream of messages to the system in the form of log files.
The console allows you to read the system logs, help find certain ones, monitor them, and filter their contents.[22]
Clicking on “Show Log List” in the toolbar will bring up the Log List.
The Log List opens a sidebar which shows all of the different logs that the system maintains.
This list helps in viewing the many different logs maintained in various parts of the system by bringing them all together to one place. By clicking on a particular log category, all of the logs will be shown.[23]
The System Log Queries contains all of the logs that have to do with the entire system.
This includes system logs as well as individual application logs.[23]
Selecting All Messages gives a live look at your computer’s activities, updated live.
This includes all activities from both the system as well as any applications running.
Logs in this section of the Console are all formatted uniformly
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They all include
a timestamp,
the name of the process or application,
and the actual message of the log
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When the message displayed includes a paperclip icon next to it, it means that it is a shortened version of a longer report, and clicking the icon will show the complete report
In addition to viewing all messages, users can also create custom queries with any criteria that they like.
These custom queries will filter the messages and will also be shown in the All Messages section.
In order to make a new query, choose “New System Log Query” from the ‘file menu’
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