Logging & system information¶
Show hardware information¶
ioreg
Or use apple icon / about this mac / system report
View system logs¶
Either use the GUI tool Console.app or
log show
To show the log messages since the last boot
log show --last boot
To show the logs of the last x minutes/hours/days e.g. 1 minute
log show --last 1m
Log locations¶
Path |
Description |
/var/log/system.log |
System Log |
/Library/Logs System |
Application Logs |
~/Library/Logs User |
Application Logs |