Subject: Re: [Time Sink Talk] Log being flooded by Time Sink

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:19:57 -0700

On Aug 4, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Ulrich Petri <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I've just started using Time Sink and just now noticed that my Mac's system.log is being flooded by messages similar to this:
> 
> Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation on a window 0x19a1f requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by caller Time Sink
> Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation on a window 0x11b67 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by caller Time Sink
> Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation on a window 0x19a1f requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by caller Time Sink
> Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation on a window 0x11b67 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by caller Time Sink
> 
> Currently four messages appear every second.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Sadly, it's not Time Sink (directly, at least) that's creating those messages. They're the result of Time Sink making inquiries to various apps' windows, and some windows throw that error. We can't stop them (because we don't generate them), and we can't stop doing what we do that causes them to be generated (because then Time Sink wouldn't work).

In theory, you could figure out which app is causing the messages by quitting them all, then loading them one by one to see what's causing the log messages ... but it's not worth the effort, in my opinion. Console is so full of spew in Yosemite that it's become a horrible place to look for any real signs of issues. (I wrote about this here: <http://robservatory.com/yosemites-constant-clattering-clutters-console/ <http://robservatory.com/yosemites-constant-clattering-clutters-console/>>)

Basically, if you want to use Time Sink, you'll get those messages in the log, depending on what apps and windows you have open. We can't prevent them from being created, because we're not creating them ... and we need to do what we're doing to get the info Time Sink displays to you.

regards;
-rob.

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From: Ulrich Petri <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 08:11:15 -0700 (PDT)

I've just started using Time Sink and just now noticed that my Mac's 
system.log is being flooded by messages similar to this:

Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation 
on a window 0x19a1f requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by 
caller Time Sink
Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation 
on a window 0x11b67 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by 
caller Time Sink
Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation 
on a window 0x19a1f requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by 
caller Time Sink
Aug  4 17:08:37 argon WindowServer[185]: _CGXWindowIsOrderedIn: Operation 
on a window 0x11b67 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightBackingStoreReader by 
caller Time Sink