Pro plugin

Unified Logs

Preserves macOS Unified Logging stores (/var/db/diagnostics, /var/db/uuidtext), generates a sealed .logarchive via `log collect`, and renders six predicate-filtered NDJSON event extracts (auth, usb, network, exec, xprotect, tcc) via `log show`.

system.unifiedlogsPromacOS 10.15+v1.0.0systemlogsdiagnostic

Run this plugin

Trigger collection for Unified Logs on its own with the --plugin flag, or include it in a wider sweep by category.

# Just this plugin
macfor-pro collect --plugin system.unifiedlogs --output ./evidence.zip

# Dry run — list what would be collected
macfor-pro collect --plugin system.unifiedlogs --dry-run

Compatibility

macOS 10.15+

Licensing: ships in the macfor-pro binary. See Community vs Pro.

Artifacts collected (3)

Each row corresponds to an entry in the plugin's artifacts.yaml manifest. Optional artifacts are skipped unless explicitly enabled.

logs

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Unified Logs Raw Store unifiedlogs_raw_store	directory	`/var/db/diagnostics` +1 more /var/db/uuidtext	Binary tracev3 + uuidtext + dsc files; opaque to macfor but preserved for defensibility and independent parsing.
Unified Logs Archive unifiedlogs_logarchive	directory	`unifiedlogs/logs.logarchive`	.logarchive bundle — directory containing diagnostics + uuidtext + dsc + timesync + Info.plist. Rendered via `log show`.
Unified Logs Events unifiedlogs_events	jsonl	`unifiedlogs/events/*.ndjson`	One NDJSON file per preset. Each line is a structured log event with timestamp, subsystem, category, process, and message fields.