Automatically Clear the Full Log of Your Mac Download History

[Last week I saw this post on the Mac OS X Hints site](http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120717025305161), and I was concerned. I had no clue that your Mac kept a full log of your download history. I know I am more paranoid than most, but hey, even Mac OS X Hints recommends clearing it out. It’s a quick terminal…

[Last week I saw this post on the Mac OS X Hints site](http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120717025305161), and I was concerned. I had no clue that your Mac kept a full log of your download history. I know I am more paranoid than most, but hey, even Mac OS X Hints recommends clearing it out.

It’s a quick terminal command, but I’ll never remember to do it.

Instead I created this Keyboard Maestro macro to clear it for me:

The simplest macro I have I ever created.

Now it will always be cleaned out, without me ever having to think about it.

[You can download it here](http://c276381.r81.cf1.rackcdn.com/Clear_Download_History.kmmacros.zip).

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