How to completely disable quarantine of downloaded files in Mac OS X

To turn off file quarantine default behaviour (reboot required):
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSQuarantine -bool NO
To disable quarantine for already downloaded files:
find $HOME/Downloads -type df -exec xattr -d com.apple.quarantine '{}' \;
It's a great hint btw. Smiling Although I suggest if you disable file quarantine, you should also force Finder to always show file extensions (Finder Preferences / Advanced / Show all filename extensions). Otherwise you could launch a malicious app that disguises itself as a PDF (without the extension it's hard to tell what you're trying to launch).

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