Messages and notifications
Everything BeamDisk reports says when it happened, so a server reset 30 seconds ago reads differently from one six days ago.
The latest message
Section titled “The latest message”The window’s sidebar shows BeamDisk’s latest message at the bottom, above This Mac: what it just did or couldn’t do, such as Projects attached. or Disconnected., and how long ago (5 min ago). Hover over the time for the full date and time. A small spinner beside it means BeamDisk is busy.
Recent messages
Section titled “Recent messages”Click the clock button beside the latest message for Recent messages: the last 50, newest first, each with its time and how long ago (9:12:07 PM · 5 min ago; older ones read Yesterday 9:12:07 PM or Oct 20, 9:12:07 PM). They’re kept when BeamDisk quits. The text can be selected and copied, which helps when you ask for help.
Times on problems
Section titled “Times on problems”A disk in trouble says since when, wherever its state is shown at length: Since 9:12 PM · 25 min in the Overview’s alerts and at the top of its page. In the quick menu, its row gives the length alone (Can’t connect · 26 min). Other times you’ll see:
- Session on a disk’s page: how long it has been logged in.
- Last event on a disk’s page: when the server last reported something.
- Free space on the server: when space was last given back.
- Test Speed: when the test finished.
- Settings → Connection: when a server refused a new setting.
- Settings → Time Machine: since when BeamDisk has been waiting for you to approve its profile.
Alerts
Section titled “Alerts”When something you asked for fails in a way that needs you, BeamDisk also shows an alert, for example Couldn’t disconnect, with what’s in the way and what to do. See A disk won’t eject or disconnect.
Notifications
Section titled “Notifications”With Notify when a disk disconnects or reconnects on in Settings → General (it’s on to begin with, and also in the quick menu as Notify When a Disk Disconnects), BeamDisk sends a notification when:
| Notification | What it means |
|---|---|
| Projects: the server stopped responding | Writes are held while it reconnects. |
| Apps see errors on Projects | The server has been unreachable longer than the hold time. BeamDisk is still reconnecting. |
| Another computer took Projects | Reads and writes to it fail on this Mac until you take it back or eject it. |
| Projects reconnected | The server is responding again. |
macOS asks once whether BeamDisk may send notifications, the first time there’s something to say. If they’re turned off for BeamDisk in System Settings, Settings → General says so and offers Open Notification Settings.