are USB mount events recorded in a log?

[bill99]

Hello,

are USB mount events recorded in a log? Checked /var/log/system.log but was unable to find USB related entries

Thank's for your help!

 

[smithrh]

Hello,

are USB mount events recorded in a log? Checked /var/log/system.log but was unable to find USB related entries

Thank's for your help!

MacOS logs everything.

However, it’s not as easily found as in the past. Use the ‘log show’ terminal command.

Sorry can’t add any more at the moment but it will have what you’re looking for.

 

[bogdanw]

"Find history of external devices that have connected to the laptop"
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...es-that-have-connected-to-the-laptop.2410511/

 

[bzgnyc2]

Hello,

are USB mount events recorded in a log? Checked /var/log/system.log but was unable to find USB related entries

Thank's for your help!

In conjunction with the tips from the others, please see LogUI and the related tools created by Howard Oakley:

XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow and log utilities

XProCheck – check on XProtect Remediator scans completed and reported in the log Updated! Inspects the Unified log for a period of 1-30 days and reports all completed and reported anti-malwar…

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[joevt]

There's this thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...es-for-improper-disks-disconnections.2352143/

There's also /private/var/log/diskarbitrationd.log but I don't know if it contains useful info.