how to look at system log on yosemite?

[abley22]

Hi!

My computer used long time to turn off with black screen and a spinning disk, just want to take a look in the system log, where could i find it on yosemite?

 

[Nermal]

The "Console" utility (in the Utilities folder) can be used to view logs.

 

[abley22]

Thank you!

I found it, but do you know if the mac make a new document or folder when it got issue with something?

 

[Nermal]

I don't know. I never actually use the Console utility, I just know that it's there