# Bring back the Log tab

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106 "2020-09-11T16:15:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![maclm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/maclm/32/61_2.png) [@maclm](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/maclm)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/1 "2020-09-11T16:15:51Z")

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In `KopiaUI 0.6.4` there was a quite convinient `Log` tab.  
How about bringing it back at the right of the three entries we have at the top:

```auto
[Snapshots] [Policies] [Repository] [Log]

```

or within the `[Repository]` tab.

What do you think?

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**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/2 "2020-09-11T16:18:30Z")

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Curious, what do you need the log for? Are you expecting to find information there that’s otherwise not available?

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**Author:** ![maclm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/maclm/32/61_2.png) [@maclm](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/maclm)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/3 "2020-09-11T16:58:44Z")

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Well, as I don’t use the CLI, I have no clue of what went wrong if a snapshot doesn’t complete.  
Maybe there’s a quick way to get to logs from Terminal? (I’m on macOS)

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**Author:** ![jkowalski](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jkowalski/32/3_2.png) [@jkowalski](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jkowalski)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/4 "2020-09-11T17:00:09Z")

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The logs are in `~/Library/Logs/kopia`

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**Author:** ![francisco](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/francisco/32/40_2.png) [@francisco](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/francisco)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/5 "2020-09-11T17:27:47Z")

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Wouldn’t asking the user to go back to the command prompt, or manually have to open the folder/file(s), somewhat defeat the purpose of the UI? For those of us that prefer CLI it is fine, but thinking that if someone goes the UI route is because they prefer to have the UI as the single point of interaction with the tool.

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**Author:** ![maclm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/maclm/32/61_2.png) [@maclm](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/maclm)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/bring-back-the-log-tab/106/6 "2020-09-11T17:34:42Z")

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> [@francisco](#):
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> if someone goes the UI route is because they prefer to have the UI as the single point of interaction with the tool.

Yup!

Plus it would make [that one](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/snapshot-estimate-un-the-ui/108) even more useful. 😉