Crash logs now impossible to read

TEST:

Testing pasting in crash logs using syntax highlighting...

Would be good if the lines didn't break and we got a scroll bar as in this reply window... (Maybe suggest that people do this for now when you ask them to post logs. Not perfect, but better than what you've been seeing.)

Process:         AirPort Utility [217]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/AirPort Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Utility
Identifier:      com.apple.airport.airportutility
Version:         5.4.1 (541.9)
Build Info:      AirPortUtility-5410900~21
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [69]


Date/Time:       2009-05-26 19:42:55.650 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61)
Report Version:  6
Anonymous UUID:  


Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000c701c3df
Crashed Thread:  0


Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libobjc.A.dylib                         0x00dc9688 objc_msgSend + 24
1   com.apple.AppKit                        0x014e2dd1 NSBeginInformationalAlertSheet + 100
2   ...pple.airport.airportutility          0x0005b798 0x1000 + 370584
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01eaf493 __NSFireTimer + 147
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f79ac5 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 4469
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f79c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
6   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x0229b28c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 283
7   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x0229b0a5 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 374
8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x0229af19 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 106
9   com.apple.AppKit                        0x01171d0d _DPSNextEvent + 657
10  com.apple.AppKit                        0x011715c0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 128
11  com.apple.AppKit                        0x0116a5fb -[NSApplication run] + 795
12  com.apple.AppKit                        0x01137834 NSApplicationMain + 574
13  ...pple.airport.airportutility          0x00002de4 0x1000 + 7652
14  ...pple.airport.airportutility          0x00002d11 0x1000 + 7441


Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00c0e6fa select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0155 _pthread_start + 321
2   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0012 thread_start + 34


Thread 2:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bbf286 mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bc6a7c mach_msg + 72
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f7904e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f79c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4   com.apple.CFNetwork                     0x02d13298 CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 388
5   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0155 _pthread_start + 321
6   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0012 thread_start + 34


Thread 3:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bbf286 mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bc6a7c mach_msg + 72
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f7904e CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x00f79c78 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01ede530 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 320
5   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01e7ae0d -[NSThread main] + 45
6   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01e7a9b4 __NSThread__main__ + 308
7   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0155 _pthread_start + 321
8   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0012 thread_start + 34


Thread 4:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bc646e __semwait_signal + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bc6236 usleep$UNIX2003 + 61
2   com.apple.AppKit                        0x011d8229 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 2042
3   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01e7ae0d -[NSThread main] + 45
4   com.apple.Foundation                    0x01e7a9b4 __NSThread__main__ + 308
5   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0155 _pthread_start + 321
6   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0012 thread_start + 34


Thread 5:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bc646e __semwait_signal + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0dcd pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003 + 73
2   com.apple.QuartzCore                    0x04e94a09 fe_fragment_thread + 54
3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0155 _pthread_start + 321
4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x00bf0012 thread_start + 34


Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0x1c071a40  ebx: 0x0143d66e  ecx: 0x00e57a40  edx: 0xc701c3bf
  edi: 0x1c071a40  esi: 0x1c040430  ebp: 0xbfffeb38  esp: 0xbfffea58
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010202  eip: 0x00dc9688   cs: 0x00000017
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
  cr2: 0xc701c3df


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EDITED FOR BREVITY.

Would be great if "syntax highlighting" would result in a smallish clickable box containing the log (or other pasted-in content), which when clicked would present the entire log (or other content) in one of those floating boxes this layout design seems so fond of.

Come to think of it, would inserting the crash log as an image be better?

Would be great if "syntax highlighting" would result in a smallish clickable box containing the log (or other pasted-in content), which when clicked would present the entire log (or other content) in one of those floating boxes this layout design seems so fond

Definitely

Come to think of it, would inserting the crash log as an image be better?

You have a big screen now, so you can ask that. 😉

It could be done, but it would take several images stitched together, and there'd be no ability to copy text.

The ability to attach these logs as pdf files would be nice, but I don't know if that's a feature we'd want to see universally available.

You have a big screen now, so you can ask that.

Well, it worked like it should, but even on this 'big screen' that image doesn't grow large enough when clicked to read easily, unless I expand the Safari window quite a bit sideways. There's room to do that, but it's not convenient.

The iMac's screen actually is not that much bigger than what I've been using with my G4 (DA) and OS 9. The iMac (27") is running at 2560x1440, the G4's monitor (21.3" LCD) at 1600x1200. Most of the increase in turf is lateral, wide-screen aspect (16:9) vs traditional aspect (4:3). The vertical increase (which is what affects font readability) is only about 20% at those resolutions - this means that 12pt type on the iMac is visually about the same as 10pt on the G4.

Or change the Font Family used?

07/03/2011 19:16.751:18 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup

07/03/2011 19:16.751:18 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup

07/03/2011 19:16.970:19 com.apple.backupd: [SnapshotUtilities volumeRefForPath:] FSPathMakeRef failed and returned OSStatus: -2111 for path (null)

07/03/2011 19:16.970:19 com.apple.backupd: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Colin%20Robinson@Colin-Robinsons-Time-Capsule.local/Colin%20Robinson's%20 Time%20Caps

07/03/2011 19:16.774:29 com.apple.backupd: Mounted network destination at mountpoint: /Volumes/Colin Robinson's Time Caps using URL: afp://Colin%20Robinson@Colin-Robinsons-Time-Capsule.local/Colin%20Robinson's%20 Time%20Caps

07/03/2011 19:16.034:32 com.apple.backupd: Failed to create backup of Time Machine Information file /Volumes/Colin Robinson's Time Caps/Colin Robinson’s iMac.sparsebundle/com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.bckup, error: (null)

07/03/2011 19:16.633:33 com.apple.backupd: QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN

The Syntax Highlighting isn't obvious to find as hovering over the link the tooltip is 'Insert' which I though was for copy & paste: