OSX logs every downloaded file!
The news became quite viral recently so, Mac OS X keeps track of every single file you've downloaded since you started using your Mac. If you don't believe this, simply copy and paste into your command line the following command:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent'
cool right? *sad question*
and unfortunately the only way for now, that you have to delete this log, is by removing the LSQuarantineEvent directly using the command:
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'
Now, in order to make it easier to avoid this, you can build your own bash script or write an alias inside your ~/.profile
Written by Simone
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