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When your download any file off the web your Mac runs it through a built in malware checker to ensure it doesn’t contain anything that may harm your system This is a good way of ensuring your Mac has a small amount of protection. Nikon raw converter mac download. However, your Mac records every single file you download, and the source. I believe this is a bit of a privacy risk. This post is going to show you how to access this list, and how to delete it.
Your Download History
Your download history is located in a database within the Quarantine Events file. Although it doesn’t usually contain the file name of the file you have downloaded, it does contain the source. To view it open Terminal located in your Applications > Utilities folder.
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Copy and paste the following into Terminal.
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'select LSQuarantineDataURLString from LSQuarantineEvent'
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When you hit return the sqlite3 command will run a sql database query on the file and it list the files your have download and the sources. It quite an interesting read as you do end up downloading more files than you realise.
Deleting Your Past
If you want to delete this history you have to perform a delete command. In Terminal again copy and paste the following.
sqlite3 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV* 'delete from LSQuarantineEvent'
When you hit return the history will be deleted.
Conclusion
I don’t really like these types of activity being recorded and tracked, however the way to delete it is not too difficult. I believe this is only recored if you use Safari, however I have not checked if using a different browser makes any difference. If you have any comments on this command, please leave a one using the form below. Macgasm has a expanded article on this post regarding automatically deleting your history.
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These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line. You don't need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time.
Download macOS
Find the appropriate download link in the upgrade instructions for each macOS version:
macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, ormacOS High Sierra
Installers for each of these macOS versions download directly to your Applications folder as an app named Install macOS Catalina, Install macOS Mojave, or Install macOS High Sierra. If the installer opens after downloading, quit it without continuing installation. Important: To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6. Enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server.
OS X El Capitan
El Capitan downloads as a disk image. On a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, named InstallMacOSX.pkg. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or .pkg installer. ![]() Use the 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal
* If your Mac is using macOS Sierra or earlier, include the
--applicationpath argument, similar to the way this argument is used in the command for El Capitan.
Use the bootable installer
After creating the bootable installer, follow these steps to use it: Free download mac.
Learn more
For more information about the
createinstallmedia command and the arguments that you can use with it, make sure that the macOS installer is in your Applications folder, then enter this path in Terminal:
Catalina:
Mojave:
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High Sierra:
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El Capitan:
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