Bug: syslog daemon changes break its usage on macOS 10.13 and above

[sambacha]

Summary

On macOS 12.x (Monterey), Apple has changed the behavior of their syslog daemon - it no longer listens on a domain socket. Therefore, you cannot reliably expect this to work on macOS 10.13 and above.

Suggestions for using syslog should be adjusted accordingly, depending on the version of macOS.

Possible fixes

Apple has unified the system logging and syslog no longer contains the entries we would need, even if it did work as expected. Checkout this tool https://eclecticlight.co/consolation-t2m2-and-log-utilities/ and this blog post https://eclecticlight.co/2020/02/07/how-long-does-your-mac-keep-its-log-for/ for more information.

[golbiga]

This does not appear to be an issue with the project, moving to discussions.