Multiple serial port monitoring with Mac?

Hey there, how I can monitor multiple T-Beams on my mac via serial? How are Mac users troubleshooting their meshtastic devices via serial?

There seems to be some bug with Mac OS using “screen” with multiple ports as well as custom bitrates (921600). https://www.turais.de/mac-os-x-screen-wont-connect-with-the-correct-baudrate/

The VScode and platform.io has slick monitoring, where you can select the serial port, and it works, but I cannot figure out how to monitor both my devices at the same time?

--- Available ports:
---  1: /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port 'n/a'
---  2: /dev/cu.BoomTrain-SPPDev 'n/a'
---  3: /dev/cu.StephensAirPods-Wireles 'n/a'
---  4: /dev/cu.usbserial-01ED9C5A 'CP2104 USB to UART Bridge Controller - CP2104 USB to UART Bridge Controller'
---  5: /dev/cu.usbserial-01ED9C94 'CP2104 USB to UART Bridge Controller - CP2104 USB to UART Bridge Controller'
--- Enter port index or full name: 

minicom is another option, but doesn’t allow you to configure 921600 rate in the setup:

    +-----------------+---------[Comm Parameters]----------+----------------+
    | A -    Serial De|                                    |A               |
    | B - Lockfile Loc|     Current:  9600 8N1             |2.7.1/var       |
    | C -   Callin Pro| Speed            Parity      Data  |                |
    | D -  Callout Pro| A: <next>        L: None     S: 5  |                |
    | E -    Bps/Par/B| B: <prev>        M: Even     T: 6  |                |
    | F - Hardware Flo| C:   9600        N: Odd      U: 7  |                |
    | G - Software Flo| D:  38400        O: Mark     V: 8  |                |
    |                 | E: 115200        P: Space          |                |
    |    Change which |                                    |                |
    +-----------------| Stopbits                           |----------------+
    +-----------------| W: 1             Q: 8-N-1          |----------------+
            | Screen a| X: 2             R: 7-E-1          |
            | Save set|                                    |
            | Save set|                                    |
            | Exit    | Choice, or <Enter> to exit?        |
            | Exit fro+------------------------------------+
            +--------------------------+

OK, answering my own question, the Mac app “serial” works great and has logging.

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