Setting Cep Debug Mode and Log Level the Easy Way

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Here's a real basic level post on a topic that's not documented quite as it should be. As well know in order to get an unsigned extension to work one has to set up the debug mode, this is dead easy. To set the debug level. Set debug mode on Mac from Terminal Copy Set debug mode on Windows from CMD (Command line) Copy To turn off the debug mode do the same just changing the 1 that comes after PlayerDebugMode to 0. Thanks to Kris Coppieters for the killall -u `whoami` cfprefsd method of killing cfprefsd, this method is easier than other documented ones. To set the log level. Set the log level on Mac from Terminal Copy Set the log level on Windows from CMD (Command line) Copy The log levels are as follows. So change the 6 in the above snippets to value of the level you want. The examples here are for CEP 11 (CC 2021). For CEP 8 change the CSXS.9 to CSXS.8 for CEP10* to CSXS.10 etc. NOTE: Setting the debug mode to the updated CEP version is the #1 reason that extensions stop working when a new CC version comes out. *We were … Read More