SubmitDiagInfo(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SubmitDiagInfo(8)NAMESubmitDiagInfo — sends diagnostic information to Apple
SYNOPSISSubmitDiagInfoDESCRIPTIONSubmitDiagInfo is a system process which runs periodically. If the user
has opted-in for automatic reporting of diagnostic and usage information,
then SubmitDiagInfo collects and sends to Apple any recent diagnostic
information which has not yet been sent to Apple. SubmitDiagInfo also
cleans up any diagnostic and usage information which was created more
than one month ago and is no longer needed.
Sending diagnostic and usage reports to Apple helps us improve the qual‐
ity and performance of our products and services. It helps Apple iden‐
tify common usage trends and issues that enable us to allocate our
resources efficiently, and it helps us provide better support services to
you and other customers. All of the diagnostic and usage information is
collected anonymously from your computer in a way that does not person‐
ally identify you. Reports may include the following information:
- Details about application or system crashes, freezes, or kernel pan‐
ics.
- Information about events on your computer (e.g. whether a certain
function, such as waking your computer was successful or not).
- Usage information (e.g. data about how Apple and third party soft‐
ware, hardware and services are being used).
Automatic reporting of diagnostic information is off by default and no
information is sent to Apple unless a user has opted-in to automatic col‐
lection of diagnostic information. A user is offered the opportunity to
opt-in for automatic collection of additional diagnostic and usage infor‐
mation after the user has manually sent a crash, hang or panic report to
Apple. Users may at any time opt in or out of automatic reporting in the
Security & Privacy pane of the System Preferences application under the
"Privacy" tab.
All diagnostic and usage information which is eligible for automatic
reporting is visible in the Console application under the "DIAGNOSTIC AND
USAGE INFORMATION" heading in the application's sidebar. (The informa‐
tion appears here even if a user has not yet opted-in for automatic
reporting.) For security purposes, some system diagnostic information
will only be visible to admin users and will only be submitted when an
admin user is logged in.
Users who need technical support should use http://www.apple.com/support
or other authorized support channels. Developers who are ADC members
should submit bug reports using http://bugreporter.apple.com in order to
allow for two way communication between Apple and the bug reporter.
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