Video: Did you know your Mac is tracking all your downloads? Here's how to fix that.


This blew me away that OS X maintains a log of every file downloaded regardless of browser. This tip video shows up to clear that log and also how to automate the process to be done regularly.



List Query

sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent' | sort

Delete Query
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'