# Reading syslog output on a Mac

Same as Linux, MacOS saves system logs into a syslog file. This location of the
syslog is `/var/log/system.log`. On newer MacOS versions, you will find the log
at `/private/var/log/system.log`

You can always check the manual using the `man` command. For example:

```bash
man syslog
```

## Monitoring syslog

You can monitor syslog using the following command:

```bash
tail -f /var/log/system.log
```

To display the whole file, run the following command:

```bash
cat /var/log/system.log
```