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iOS System Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Tool

igadgetdr — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:28:09 +0000

iOS System Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Tool Saturday, 7th January 2012, 07:01 pm iSyslog is an easy-to-use monitoring tool, which helps users check out what's going on under the hood of their iOS device.


Saturday, 7th January 2012, 07:01 pm
The Gamma Project has announced an update for iSyslog, their app for users and professionals interested in the overall health of the apps and processes running on their iPhones, iPod touches and iPads. iSyslog is a polished, easy-to-use monitoring tool, which helps both end users and experts to check out what's going on under the hood on their device; one can easily detect bugs, analyze apps' sanity and report issues - without having to be an iOS expert. Version 1.2.1 fixes UI artifact affecting older iOS devices and many tiny improvements. The application retrieves and visualizes all messages generated by apps and processes, which otherwise would remain hidden. The information is presented on a polished, intuitive interface, which requires no instructions for use. After starting the application users get a comprehensible overview of all apps and processes which have generated log messages. Pie-charts and graphics provide an intuitive way to quickly check the sanity of your system. By pulling down the main view an analytical view is shown, which presents a graphical overview of all the messages being generated grouped by severity. Back to the main UI, users can unfold each and every process or app section, and take a closer look at the messages belonging to them. They don't have to be an iOS developer to quickly spot errors: intuitive graphics and dedicated colors help finding the relevant entries. Whenever an app is crashing, we usually can't do much - except maybe contacting the developer, and trying to describe the problem. However, this information is usually not enough to find the root cause and solve the issue. Once you identified the relevant log entries, you can copy it to the pasteboard, or send the logs via e-mail to the support staff. With iSyslog users can quickly identify the faulty process and its log entries, including the detailed call stack information - which is vital for developers to fix the problem. Messages can be copied to the pasteboard or sent one by one via e-mail. Users can e-mail as a zipped attachment all messages generated by a given app. A useful feature: the device type and the iOS version is automatically inserted in the e-mail body (these data can be very important to developers or support personnel). Feature Highlights: * Display all log messages generated by apps and built-in processes * Organized and instantly comprehensible * Crisp graphics optimized for the iPhone4 Retina display * Overall log statistics (pull down to view) * Graphical log statistics for every app or process * Copy to pasteboard or E-mail single log entries * E-mail all log entries belonging to a given app/process (zipped attachment) * Auto-refresh (after resuming the application) or manual refresh of log entries "Whether you are a user who cares about what's going on behind the scenes on your device, a developer who wants to ensure his app is working as expected, a support specialist or a test engineer looking for bugs in a specific software, iSyslog was made for You. Enjoy!" - stated Developer Karoly Nyisztor. Pricing and Availability: iSyslog 1.2 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Utilities category. Read More

Apple News | How iOS Multitasking and Backgrounding Really Works [Video]

igadgetdr — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:59:38 +0000

A few days ago, iPad education proponent Frasier Speirs had an interesting post on his blog which corrected several misconceptions about iOS multitasking. The post explained thoroughly why killing all of the applications running in your iOS device’s multitasking tray is a fool’s errand. Simply put, it is largely unnecessary to manually close all of the running apps in your tray in order to regain ‘lost’ memory, conserve battery live or make other apps run better. There are some basic exceptions, like crashed apps or heavy GPS users, but in general, it’s useless. Speirs got a lot of responses to the post, many with detailed questions and inquiries about his opinions. Instead of answering them individually, he used the Instruments package provided by Apple to monitor the memory usage on the iPad as he ran and closed apps. The results show pretty conclusively that closing apps, outside of troubleshooting a problem, is unproductive. Speirs explains the experiment:

There are five sections to this video demonstrating:

An app going from active to background to suspended

Instacast HD requesting extra background time to finish a podcast download

TomTom running indefinitely in the background

Batman Arkham City Lockdown and Real Racing 2 HD competing for big chunks of device memory

Batman Arkham City Lockdown forcing several smaller apps out of memory

The iPad in this video is an original iPad running iOS 5.0.1. All the apps used are the current versions at the time of posting this video. http://vimeo.com/fraserspeirs/iosmt

We’ve heard a lot of misinformation lately about how multitasking works. A lot of bad advice has been given about killing all of your apps being mandatory for good performance and much of it has come directly from the mouths of Apple Store employees. This video shows that most of that talk is flat out wrong. If there is a problem with a specific app, it’s frozen or refuses to quit when it should, then killing it by holding down until it ‘wiggles’, then tapping the ‘-’ button can be a good troubleshooting option. But it is definitely not necessary for day-to-day operation of your device.

Wired.Com 2011 Biggest News Stories of The Year

igadgetdr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:19:06 +0000

From the Playstation Network getting hacked to the announcement of the Kindle Fire. 2011 had some amazing announcements for the year and wired.com gathered all the major ones together in case you missed any of them:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/tech-2011-biggest-news-stories-of-the-year/?pid=2795

“The revolution will be streamed: How TwitchTV is changing the face of the gaming industry”

igadgetdr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:41 +0000

The gaming industry has grown exponentially in the past decade. With sales surpassing those of blockbuster movies, it is fast becoming more than just a hobby, but a part of our every day lives. Read this article for more information on how your gaming console will become more of a true entertainment hub in the next few years:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/the-revolution-will-be-streamed-how-twitchtv-is-changing-the-face-of-the-gaming-industry/

Get the most out of your iPad

igadgetdr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:28 +0000

If you have been or are the recent own of an Apple iPad, are you using it to it’s full potential? With the unlimited amount of potential, it’s easy to miss some amazing features. Check out this article and make sure you are getting the most value out of your product.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-new-ipad/

5 Apps Worth Downloading This Week

igadgetdr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:12 +0000

Mashable has some great suggestions for iPhone Apps that will be worth your time and money. You can check out the article here:

http://mashable.com/2011/12/31/apps-worth-downloading-2/#40571Thicket

Gadget broke, the doctor will fix.

igadgetdr — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:00:05 +0000

When your gadget is broke, you need it fixed now. Why trash a perfectly good phone or gaming console if it could be fixed? If you are tired of waiting on tech support and don’t have time send your product off in the mail, the Doctor is here to help you get you back in the digital world.

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