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The linked post shows the commands in allcaps (Safari/macOs) so the actual preference filename is: com.apple.LaunchServices.QuarantineEventsV2 That file contains very few tens of random, mostly old filenames, almost none from Safari which is my main browser.

So at the very least "a log of all your downloads" is a huge exaggeration.

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Yes, this is a tiny subset of everything I've downloaded, and includes nothing recent at all.

It might contain everything I've ever double-clicked and been told wasn't safe, but I've long developed a habit of right-clicking and choosing "Open" to bypass that prompt, which seems to also result in no record here.

I'm just guessing, though. I just know this is very wrong: "This will be a list of everything you’ve downloaded on your Mac, regardless of which program you used. The only exception to this is apps from the Mac App Store."

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