OS 10.4 - Do I need to keep my logs?

patberetta · patberetta #1 (**permalink**)

01-15-2006, 10:38 PM

Hi guys. I had a look at the basic osx troubleshooting page and have repaired disk permissions and cleared caches.

My question is: do i need to keep my logs? I went into system profiler and there are a whole bunch of logs including an Installation log, a crash log and so on. Is it necessary to hold on to these or can they be deleted?

Thanks in advance

christm · christm #2 (**permalink**)

01-18-2006, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by patberetta

Hi guys. I had a look at the basic osx troubleshooting page and have repaired disk permissions and cleared caches.

My question is: do i need to keep my logs? I went into system profiler and there are a whole bunch of logs including an Installation log, a crash log and so on. Is it necessary to hold on to these or can they be deleted?

Thanks in advance

Hi there,

i didnt keep my logs and havnt come accross any problems, but i reccomend u ask wait for another person to answer as then u can be sure rather than "I THINK" as i am not sure

anyways cheers

chris tm

cradom · cradom #3 (**permalink**)

01-18-2006, 11:17 PM

The system logs are automatically rotated and/or deleted when your mac does it's housecleaning (assuming you leave it on). If you dont leave it on all night, use one of the many maintenance utils available to do it manually.

As far as install logs, do what you want with them. Only reason to keep them is if you want to uninstall something and want to make sure you get all of it.

Crash logs can be vary helpfull when determining "What the heck happened?".

Personally I recommend Applejack to do cleaning, but there are many others just as good.

patberetta · patberetta #4 (**permalink**)

01-19-2006, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by cradom

Personally I recommend Applejack to do cleaning, but there are many others just as good.

Is this applejack something that is already on my computer or do I need to download it?

cradom · cradom #5 (**permalink**)

01-19-2006, 11:07 AM

You can get Applejack here: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/

There's also Onyx: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
and Macjanitor: http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_...acjanitor.html
and lots of others. Check at Macupdate.com.

patberetta · patberetta #6 (**permalink**)

01-19-2006, 04:18 PM

Thanks a lot

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Member Since: Feb 14, 2004 Location: South-East Texas Posts: 1,807 Mac Specs: 21in Dual core 3 ghz iMac, 13in Macbook - Mountain Lion on both	01-19-2006, 11:07 AM You can get Applejack here: http://applejack.sourceforge.net/ There's also Onyx: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html and Macjanitor: http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_...acjanitor.html and lots of others. Check at Macupdate.com. Craig in Texas ---You did WHAT!? Close the Terminal and step away slowly.
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Member Since: Jan 15, 2006 Location: The space between the beats Posts: 9	01-15-2006, 10:38 PM Hi guys. I had a look at the basic osx troubleshooting page and have repaired disk permissions and cleared caches. My question is: do i need to keep my logs? I went into system profiler and there are a whole bunch of logs including an Installation log, a crash log and so on. Is it necessary to hold on to these or can they be deleted? Thanks in advance
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