OSX and log files

[kramerP]

i want to try investigating my log files on my OSX machine b/c some weird stuff has been happening on it and i want to see if anything out of the ordinary is getting logged that might shed light on what is going on. the problem is that i am not real familiar with what log files to look at becasue there are not many in /var/log. and i'm not even sure if OSX puts all log files in this directory either so there may be other log files somewhere that i am completely overlooking. therefore, any insight into what log files i should start with and where they are located would be appreciated, then i can take it from there hopefully.

thanks.

 

[kramerP]

sorry correction:

i want to try investigating my log files on my OSX machine b/c some weird stuff has been happening on it and i want to see if anything out of the ordinary is getting logged that might shed light on what is going on. the problem is that i am not real familiar with what log files to look at becasue there are SO many in /var/log. and i'm not even sure if OSX puts all log files in this directory either so there may be other log files somewhere that i am completely overlooking. therefore, any insight into what log files i should start with and where they are located would be appreciated, then i can take it from there hopefully.

thanks

 

[The General]

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[horndude]

http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/invisibles.html

 

[macdude425]

There's also Console, in Applications-Utilities, that has just about every log you'll need.