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Old Toad
User level: Level 10 (218,444 points)

How to use the Add Text Feature When Posting Large Amounts of Text, i.e. an Etrecheck Report

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Download and run Etrecheck. 


Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support  to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.


Copy the report



and after clicking on the Reply button use the Additional Text button to paste the report in your reply.



Check Etrecheck's Privacy settings and make sure the checkbox for full disk access before running:


Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the cause of the problem.











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SeaPapp
User level: Level 7 (26,532 points)

Dec 9, 2018 4:25 PM

Great tip Toad! Will bookmark this!

etresoft
User level: Level 9 (60,836 points)

Jan 27, 2019 10:28 AM

I just went in to add a screenshot of the Notes control to my “Using EtreCheck” user tips, but this is way better. I’m just linking to this tip instead. Very nice!

macjack
User level: Level 10 (111,438 points)

May 11, 2019 10:35 AM

Kudos OT! I've been using it on my Etrecheck posts.

Old Toad
User level: Level 10 (218,444 points)

Jan 20, 2020 2:50 PM

This is a test of the Add Text feature.

Etrecheck Report Test



Earlier the Add Text feature would format the text as shown in this screenshot:



I've added a report from my iMac for comparison the the older format.


What I'm getting is a download of a log file that has to be opened in Console.



BDAqua
User level: Level 10 (251,965 points)

May 4, 2021 8:48 AM

Very well done OT! :)

brbo
User level: Level 8 (45,179 points)

Nov 20, 2023 2:07 PM

Thank you for this Etrecheck "User Tip" Old Toad ... just discovered it through the help given in a post, and expect to make use of it now that I know it is here! Cheers :-)

K Shaffer
User level: Level 8 (36,708 points)

Aug 8, 2025 11:58 AM

Old Toad

Thanks for posting; yet parts are gone!?

Seems some images had gone missing


OK! I re-re-freshed this

window 4X & it WORKS!!


Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250000211