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macOSDeep Dive July 11, 2026 6 min read

Unified Logging: How os_log Replaced syslog on macOS

Why traditional plain-text syslog couldn't keep up with modern macOS, and how unified logging's structured, activity-tracing design fixes that.

#logging#os-log#diagnostics

WindowsDeep Dive July 11, 2026 5 min read

Event Tracing for Windows (ETW): The Kernel's Built-In Instrumentation System

The high-performance, always-available kernel tracing infrastructure that nearly every serious Windows diagnostic and monitoring tool is actually built on.

#etw#tracing#diagnostics

macOSHow-To July 10, 2026 4 min read

How to Use Console.app for Diagnosing Problems on macOS

Reading macOS's unified logging system through Console — filtering the noise down to the specific process or subsystem actually relevant to a problem.

#howto#console#logging