5.11. Summary
In this chapter we looked at the various logs and logging facilities built into Mac OS X. These logs provide insight into what is happening on the inside of your computer. They can be used to guide you in troubleshooting efforts and to act as an early warning sign, even when you don't have a symptom you are looking to troubleshoot.
The logs in Mac OS X can also be used to obtain critical security information. Using the steps we laid out, you can centralize logs, or run scripts to aggregate information routinely. Those aggregated logs can enable you to see what is going on throughout an enterprise with very little work from savvy systems administrators.
Now that we have looked at logs, we'll move on to one of the aspects of Mac ...
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