Startup Log and Shutdown Log are AppleScript applets that log the date and time of your Macintosh System startup and shutdown, respectively. The applets require AppleScript and the "Read/Write Commands" scripting addition.
Installation:
1) Drop Startup Log into your Startup Items folder in the System Folder.
2) Drop Shutdown Log into your Shutdown Items folder in the System Folder.
3) Drop the "syslog" file into the System Folder.
How to use it:
Each time your Mac starts up and each time a shut-down or restart is executed, these applets write a date/time stamp to the text file "syslog" in the following format:
Shutdown: Friday, July 26, 1996 1:48:03 PM
Startup: Friday, July 26, 1996 1:48:11 PM
(Note: In order for everything to work, the "syslog" file must be located in the root of the System Folder.) The "syslog" file is a text file that can be read with any application capable of reading text files (i.e. Simple Text).
I use these applets at my office as a way of logging access to the Mac at my desk and for logging crashes on our web and file servers.
Shareware and Warranty:
Questions and comments should be directed to Randy Peterson (rlpeterson@ualr.edu).
These applets are shareware, you pay for it by emailing your comments to me at the e-mail address above.