Hi Alan, I was rushing to finish another support job I'm on, and didn't have time to explain why you are seeing Console. When you requested the DiskUtility.log it opened Console, so you could view the log. While your computer performs tasks, it sends messages between applications, processes, and the operating system. Some of these messages are displayed, but most are not displayed because they can be too detailed and technical for most users. If you are a programmer debugging software, or are troubleshooting a problem with a service technician, information related to the problem may be found in these messages, which are stored in system logs. To view these messages, you can use the Console application, located in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
You can quit Console from the dock or from the Menu Bar - Console > Quit Console. For more information, open Console and choose Help > Console Help. Cheers, Ronni On 11/12/2009, at 7:31 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Alan, > > To manually remove Growl: > 1) Go into the Growl preferences in system preferences > 2) Uncheck "Display Growl Status in the menu bar" > 3) Uncheck "Start at Login" > 4) Stop Growl > 5) Click on Show All at the top of system preferences > 6) Control+click the Growl preferences, then click to remove Growl > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 11/12/2009, at 7:17 AM, Alan Smith wrote: > >> What should I do with Console now it is on the Dock and logging new data >> frequently? This morning the Console log popped onto desktop at the same >> time as the requested DiskUtility.log. (Coincidence?) Console shows a >> steady count of 4000 messages so I assume the oldest entries are being >> removed. Recent messages mainly relate to the Growl application. >> >> I never requested Growl but it recently self installed. It appeared about >> the time I installed DropBox. Is the Growl app necessary or even useful? >> The last couple of thousand entries show Growl attempting to do things >> unsuccessfully over the last few days. Notwithstanding glowing references, >> a Google search for Growl information doesn’t inspire me it is a must-have >> tool. >> >> Regards, Alan >> >> Alan Smith >> iMac 21.5" Nov 2009 >> Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz / 4 MB >> OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard >> Maxtor Basic 500GB USB HDD partitioned for Time Machine and Music >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
