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10.4: See where Safari downloads originated
This hint describes how Safari stores the URL of a download in the file's metadata. However, it neglects to mention that you can't copy the information when you get info in the Finder -- how rude!
I wrote a short shell script which displays all the URLs Safari stores in the "Where from" field (more than one URL, sometimes, it seems), and copies the first one to the clipboard. As a scripting novice, I welcome suggestions. geturl.sh:
Once you've saved this in a file and made it runnable:
run it on any downloaded file:
10.4: See where Safari downloads originated
This loop will process multiple files, print the URL's to the tty and save to the pastebuffer |
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