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Q: Where does IDEA write its log file?

A: On Mac OS X IDEA will write its log file to

    
            ~/Library/Caches/IntelliJIDEAnn/log/idea.log
    
(where nn=version number) by default. This value is configured however in:

/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA X.Y.Z.app/Contents/Info.plist

On Windows, IDEA will write its log file to:

~\.IntelliJIdea\system\log\idea.log

(where ~ stands for user's home directory, e.g. c:\Users\Alice). This value can be configured in

<IDEA_installation_dir>\bin\idea.properties

(it's a file common for both 32-bit and 64-bit executables).

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