User Manual for the Apple CoreCapture Framework
David Kreitschmann

TL;DR
This paper introduces Apple's CoreCapture framework, detailing its logging capabilities for Wi-Fi debugging on iOS and macOS, and presents the first Wireshark dissector for it.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of CoreCapture, including how to generate logs and introduces a novel Wireshark dissector for analysis.
Findings
CoreCapture enables detailed Wi-Fi debugging on Apple devices.
The paper presents the first dissector for CoreCapture logs in Wireshark.
Guidelines for creating and analyzing CoreCapture logs are provided.
Abstract
CoreCapture is Apple's primary logging and tracing framework for IEEE 802.11 on iOS and macOS. It allows users and developers to create comprehensive debug output for analysis by Apple. In this manual, we provide an overview into the concepts, show in detail how CoreCapture logs can be created on iOS and macOS, and introduce the first CoreCapture dissector for Wireshark.
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Taxonomy
TopicsMobile Health and mHealth Applications · Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
