Using Console utility to get the full logs with admin perms but as a non admin user
A good work around, for me at least is lnav. It is probably more resource efficient than console, will run happily in an admin mode terminal session and offers:


filters
multiple file interleaving
choice over what log files where
understands a number of standard log file formats
colouring error/warnings (a bit lurid, maybe that can be configured)
neat help about where in log you are and the source of messages (if multi-file)
calculates message rates and can move to slower sections etc
bookmarking
time line summary (e.g. normal, error &amp; warns errors in each 5 min block)
SQL query engine


And much more I'm sure, just starting here. A tool written by and for users I think! 10% of the memory and CPU of Console, more functions.

The binary download wants a later sqlite3 than standard mac distort so I brew'd the lot. Not sure how it works under the rewritten logging system!

So far? I'm thrilled!