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roubleshooting when there is a problem with the computer 60 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 users to read the system logs help find certain ones monitor them and filter their contents 61 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 62 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 62 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 they all include a timestamp the name of the process or application and the actual message of the log 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 63 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 64 digital color meter edit digital color meter is a utility for measuring and displaying the color values of pixels displayed on the screen of a macintosh computer the utility presents a window onto the screen which includes a cursor which by default is 1 1 pixel in size the color displayed in that pixel is shown as a color value which may be represented as decimal or hexadecimal rgb triplets cie 1931 cie 1976 or cielab triplets or a tristimulus triplet the displayed color could be copied either as a solid color or as the color value which represents it to be used in other applications for instance an rgb triplet may be used in a color specification to be used on a world wide web page disk utility edit main article disk utility disk utility is a system utility for performing disk and disk volume related tasks it can create convert backup compress and encrypt logical volume images from a wide range of formats mount or unmount disk volumes verify a disk s integrity and repair it if damaged and erase format partition or clone disks grapher edit main article grapher grapher is a graphing calculator program introduced in mac os x tiger that is able to create 2d and 3d graphs from simple and complex equations users edit the appearance of graphs by changing line colors adding patterns to rendered surfaces adding comments and changing the fonts and styles used to display them grapher is able to create animations of graphs by changing constants or rotating them in space keychain access edit main article keychain software keychain is the encrypted password management system in macos introduced with mac os 8 6 a keychain can contain several types of data including passwords private keys certificates and secure notes migration assistant edit migration assistant is a utility by apple that transfers data user accounts computer settings and apps from one macintosh computer to another computer or from a full drive backup as of os x lion and later it can also migrate contacts calendars and email accounts and other files from microsoft windows 65 as of macos sequoia 15 4 and later it is possible to set up a mac using an iphone or ipad 66 migration assistant can be used during initial setup of a new computer or run manually on a system that has already been set up it may be used multiple times to copy only applications user account s or settings its primary purpose is to duplicate the contents and configuration of an existing computer user account s on a new one the migration assistant does not transfer the operating system of the old computer to the new one similarly applications and utilities bundled by apple with the operating system e g safari are not transferred based on the assumption that the newer machine has the same or newer version already installed however settings for these applications e g bookmarks are transferred print center edit print center is a utility that allows a user to view all current and pending jobs on any connected printers or fax machines the program will open automatically when a job is sent from the device to a printer and allows for pending jobs may to be paused or canceled furthermore it is capable of displaying information about a connected printer including approximate ink supply levels and can open image capture if the printer or fax has a scanner attached screen sharing edit screen sharing is a utility that may be used to control remote computers and access their files to connect one may enter a vnc or apple id and authenticate as a local user on the remote computer or if the computers are linked via the same apple id automatically initialise the connection it supports features such as a shared clipboard between the two computers and remotely transferring files the feature must be enabled in the sharing preference pane in system settings 67 screenshot edit screenshot is an application introduced with macos mojave replacing grab which functioned similarly 68 the app allows for screen recording and taking screenshots either for a single window a selected portion of the screen or the entire screen screenshot is initialized whenever the user presses the keyboard shortcuts cmd shift 3 cmd shift 4 cmd shift 5 or cmd shift 6 69 script editor edit main article applescript editor script editor known as applescript editor starting in snow leopard up until yosemite is a code editor for the applescript and javascript for automation scripting languages included in classic mac os and macos system information edit system profiler redirects here for the generic class of programs see system profiler system information formerly system profiler is a software utility derived from field service diagnostics produced by apple s service diagnostic engineering team at that time located in apple satellite buildings in campbell california that was bundled with the classic mac os since mac os 7 6 under the name apple system profiler in mac os x 10 0 the first release of macos it was renamed system profiler with the release of mac os x 10 7 lion it was again renamed to system information 70 other new features in lion are the ability to look up support information for the user s hardware model as well 71 in os x mountain lion and later versions of macos users can also access system information by holding down the option key and system information will replace about this mac in the apple menu it compiles technical information on all of the installed hardware devices drivers applications system settings system software programs and kernel extensions installed on the host computer it can export this information as plain text rtf or in the plist xml format this information is used to diagnose problems system profiler can be extremely useful if attempting to diagnose a hardware problem a user can send the information directly to apple if the user desires it has support for scripting automation through applescript and some limited support in automator system information can also be accessed by using the system_profiler command through macos s terminal application 72 terminal edit main article terminal macos terminal 2 11 running the top program under macos terminal is a terminal emulator program first originating in nextstep and openstep before being carried over into mac os x 73 74 it provides text based access to the operating system in contrast to the mostly graphical nature of the user experience of macos by providing a command line interface to the operating system when used in conjunction with a unix shell such as zsh the default shell since macos catalina 75 76 the user can choose other shells available with macos such as the kornshell tcsh and bash 76 77 voiceover utility edit main article voiceover voiceover utility is a screen reader application which allows the user to listen to spoken directions from the computer providing accessibility for blind and low vision users 78 79 voiceover also includes support for many braille displays in addition voiceover includes features for those that cannot use the mouse such as keyboard based navigation features edit control center edit control center provides access to system controls such as wi fi bluetooth and sound in a unified interface accessible from the menu bar some of these controls can be added to the menu bar by dragging them from control center additional components can be added in system settings 80 available controls include the template below col begin is being considered for deletion see templates for discussion to help reach a consensus wi fi bluetooth airdrop focus stage manager keyboard brightness available on macbooks screen mirroring display sound now playing accessibility shortcuts battery available on macbooks fast user switching dock edit main article dock macos the dock is the main method of launching and switching between applications it is a component of the graphical interface shell of macos it can hold any number of items and resizes them dynamically to fit while using magnification to better view smaller items by default it appears on the bottom edge of the screen but it can also instead be placed on the left or right edges of the screen if the user wishes finder edit main article finder software finder is the default file manager it is a component of the graphical interface shell of macos it can be used to open files and launch other applications and is responsible for the overall user management of files disks and network volumes the finder uses a view of the file system that is rendered using a desktop metaphor that is the files and folders are represented as appropriate icons there is a favorites sidebar of commonly used and important folders on the left of the finder window finder can also display previews of a range of files such as images applications and pdf files the quick look feature allows users to quickly examine documents and images in more detail from the finder by pressing the space bar without opening them in a separate application following the deprecation of itunes finder is also now responsible for the backup and transfer of files to iphone and ipad devices launchpad edit launchpad is an application launcher that was introduced in os x lion it displays all applications installed on the user s machine in a grid of icons which can be put into folders launchpad provides an alternative way to start applications in macos in addition to other options such as the dock finder and spotlight search launchpad can be used to uninstall apps that came from the mac app store 81 the launchpad was replaced in macos tahoe with an applications interface which integrates with spotlight and categorizes apps into categories similar to the app library on ios and ipados 82 mission control edit main article mission control macos mission control is a window management system and application introduced with the release of mac os x 10 7 lion combining the features of the previous dashboard exposé and spaces programs it allows a user to view and organise all open application windows at once including the ability to move windows between different connected monitors and virtual desktops notification center edit notification center displays notifications from apps and websites users access notification center by clicking the clock in the menu bar on macos big sur or the notification center icon in earlier versions of macos notification center can be customized in system settings siri edit main article siri siri is a digital assistant introduced in macos sierra that allows the user to interact with it to ask questions make recommendations and perform actions either on the device or by delegating requests to a set of internet services with continued use it adapts to users individual language usages searches and preferences returning individualized results spotlight edit main article spotlight apple spotlight in macos big sur spotlight is macos s selection based search system used for indexing documents pictures music applications and system settings within the computer in addition specific words in documents and in web pages in a web browser s history or bookmarks can be searched it also allows the user to narrow down searches with creation dates modification dates sizes types and other attributes time machine edit main article time machine macos time machine is a backup mechanism introduced in mac os x 10 5 leopard it creates incremental backups of files that can be restored at a later date and allows the user to restore the whole system or specific files the software is designed to work with both local storage devices and network attached disks and is most commonly used with external disk drives connected using either usb or thunderbolt 83 84 system components edit archive utility edit archive utility bomarchivehelper until mac os x 10 5 is the default archive file handler in macos it is usually invoked automatically when opening a file in one of its supported formats 85 it can be used to create compressed zip archives by choosing create archive of file leopard compress in the finder s file or contextual menu it is located at system library coreservices applications archive utility app in os x 10 10 and later system library coreservices archive utility app in 10 5 through 10 9 and system library coreservices bomarchivehelper app in 10 4 86 prior to archive utility s inclusion in mac os x v10 3 beginning with mac os 7 6 apple bundled the freeware stuffit expander with the operating system invoking archive utility manually shows a minimal gui letting the user change archive utility preferences or choose files to compress or uncompress bom is an abbreviation of bill of materials bill of materials files or bom files are used by the macos installer program to document where files in an installer bundle are installed what their file permissions should be and other file metadata thus a bill of materials is read by the installer and archive utility helps it by extracting the files specified in the bom crash reporter edit crash reporter is the standard crash reporter in macos 87 crash reporter can send the crash logs to apple for their engineers to review crash reporter has three modes of operations basic the default mode only application crashes are reported and the dialog does not contain any debugging information developer in addition to 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