A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough. When posting a log extract, be selective. The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.Ĭopy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. If you don't see that list, selectįrom the menu bar at the top of the screen.Įach message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. If it isn't, selectįrom the log list on the left.

The title of the Console window should be All Messages. ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name. The application is in the folder that opens. ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.) ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Launch the Console application in any of the following ways: If you have only one user account, you are the administrator. These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.

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