How to get the output of an OS X application on the console, or to a file?

Question

I am writing a Cocoa application with Mono embedded. I want to run and see my debug output in Terminal. On the Cocoa side I am using NSLog(), and on the Mono s

Answer 1

Chris gave a good overview of how the Console works, but to specifically answer your question: If you want to see the results directly in your Terminal, you need to run the built product as a child of the Terminal, which means using something like

/path/debug/build/MyProgram.app/Contents/MacOS/MyProgram

to launch the app.