Finding and Fixing Problems

Power Manager's capabilities come at the cost of some complexity. Finding, understanding, and fixing problems related to Power Manager is not always trivial.

But don’t worry. We are here to help and Power Manager does its best to help as well. If after trying the advice below, you continue to have problems, please contact us at support@dssw.co.uk.

Most problems can be found and fixed by reviewing Power Manager’s log entries. Power Manager’s log can be viewed using the Console.app application.

Console

Console.app is a your guide for peering into the depths of macOS. Every significant process on macOS uses logs to record progress and problems. Console.app lets you view and search the logs.

When you encounter unexpected behaviour in any application, your first course of action must be to view the recent log activity. It is here that you are most likely to find answers explaining the unexpected behaviour.

Specific Problems

Below are notes covering the most common problems we are contacted about.