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crashtreporter

Where can I view what crashreporter logs?

MacBook Air

Posted on Aug 17, 2022 3:05 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2022 3:25 PM

One of the places various reports including occasional

crash reports, has been in the system's Console logs.


• View reports in Console on Mac - Apple Support

• View log messages - Apple Support

Find text in log messages and reports - Apple Support


There may be others; I've several Macs w/ various OS.


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Aug 18, 2022 1:12 PM in response to marknak 357

Most macOS logs are completely worthless these days for troubleshooting issues. You are best to avoid them if you value your sanity. The only somewhat useful logs are the Kernel Panic logs when the Mac restarts unexpectedly.


Plus the Console app won't display all of the available logs. I have no idea what gets displayed and what is not. I now resort to locating the logs with the Finder and opening any logs I wish to view. This shows how much Apple values these logs for users to have for troubleshooting.

Aug 18, 2022 4:50 PM in response to marknak 357

Well, depending on what vintage or how old macOS version is

that runs your Mac, some details in any system information will

vary a bit. Some are more inclusive than others.


And the links supplied can still get some information. While there

are details hidden in Terminal, those are best left where they hide.


The crash reporter may be seen from within an EtreCheck report;

and some items can be ironed out, depending on what they are.


And the system may be run in macOS Recovery, from an internal

partition; so it need not go to the Apple servers. But yet, it may.

Repair Disk works best when the Mac drive to fix, is unmounted.


Good luck & happy trails!

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Aug 19, 2022 6:49 PM in response to HWTech

Yeah, I am coming to that realization. I was trying to see why Crashreporter was running constantly in Activity Monitor. Using anywhere from 50 to 85% of CPU. Looked thru thru the logs and console and was quickly discouraged to find them impenetrable. Finally found the answer. An old Google drive snyc app was running at start up. It has been disconnected (abandoned) from Google since Sept 2021. Turned it off, and all is well.

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