Error Lookup Tool For Mac

Monitoring your Console logs can prove to be very useful: you can identify various problems by investigating the error codes generated while performing various actions. Error Lookup Tool is a small open source project that can provide the name and comment for each error code.

Note that the Error Lookup Tool project does not provide a binary installation, which means that you must build the app on your own. To be able to perform this action, the Xcode utility must be installed on your system beforehand.

Start by opening the Error Lookup Tool.xcodeproj file in Xcode and then navigate to the Product menu and select the Build option. Within the Build Settings panel you must select the appropriate Base SDK to complete the action. As a result, Xcode will build the app and will place it in the Debug folder, inside the Error Lookup Tool Derived Data directory.

Due to it’s minimalist user interface, working with the Error Lookup Tool application proves to be extremely straightforward: simply input the code your want to investigate, and Error Lookup Tool will provide the assigned name, but also the associated comment.

The Error Lookup Tool main window includes only 3 text fields, and does not provide any customization options: all you can do is resize its main window. However, Error Lookup Tool displays all the information available on the subject.

Error Lookup Tool proposes a straightforward solution for reading OS X error codes: once you provide the code number, the app displays its name and the associated comment which usually provides details about the encountered issue.

Since the Error Lookup Tool project only provides the source code which you must build on your own, getting started might prove a bit problematic for inexperienced users. The binary release available for download on our website has been built by our team using the latest source release from Peter Hosey, forked from his Bitbucket repository.