How Do You Turn Off the Vista...err Snow Leopard Warnings?

You do what you wish, but I can't guarantee a website won't download and
launch something nasty to you w/o your knowledge. That's the point.

If you want Apple to give you the ability to skip the warning, that's
your call.

 

Sorry, I still want to know what JR thinks the benefits are...

A warning? Big fucking whoop.

 

[snip]

Well, I looked at it and it's an AppleScript Folder Action that only
works on your "Downloads Folder". What "Downloads Folder"? Apple is
now telling me where I have to download things? Somebody's drawers are
too tight.

I download everything to my desktop, so I guess I'm f*&^%d... oh, I
mean "protected".

 

No; you get to tell the OS where the downloads folder is. And if on any
given download, you do not tell it where to download to, it will then
download to the Downloads Folder that you specified as the default.

I think that looking in the mirror will tell you whose they are.

 

I kind of agree with your sentiment, JR, but you're being a bit smug.
My computer is _mine_ to do with as I see fit, it doesnae belong to the
greater community of them-as-knows-better. Wait ... there's more. Since
there are no "botnets" involving Macs, it's therefor no ****'s business
but his own what he chooses to disable or download, I'd say.

 

NO! That's really dangerous! You're the kind of guy, I bet, only applies
the shampoo ONCE, am I right?

Warren "no user-serviceable parts inside" Oates.

 

So attach it to your Desktop folder instead...

 

It's important to understand that JR is approaching things from a
sysadmin point of view. In that world, HE owns your computer and you
are a mere "user".

djb

 

eg:

#!/bin/bash
while sleep 10;
do xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/*;
done

save it as eg. ~/bin/foo
then chmod 755 foo
run with

~/bin/foo &

or use apple script for that.

cheers
peter

 

If you really want to disable this, see this article

http://theappleblog.com/2008/03/26/disabling-launch-services-file-quarant
ine/

You can find other articles on the topic by googling "os x quarantine".

 

That gives you a chance to stop it if you didn't know it was launching.
THAT is the benefit. OTOH, if it happens more than once, I can
understand the annoyance.

 

Thanks. Looks like people have been struggling with this since
Leopard. Since I skipped Leopard, it never showed up on my radar
screen. The article describes another folder action script technique
which I suppose works if you always download to the same folder.

The more I think about this, the more of a pointless, cosmetic
annoyance I think it is.

I think I'll look at writing a plugin for Firefox which un-quarantines
things automatically.

 

Huge struggle! You've already spent more time whinging about this than
several years worth of clicking "OK" would have cost you.

 

Actually that one demonstrates the weakness of your argument. It
doesn't download itself. The user must request the download. Given
that, of what possible value is a warning that it was downloaded? What
would have been useful was a warning _not_ to download it in the first
place.

 

The time isn't an issue. The constant irritation is.

 

You have not provided a credible example. Merely asserting that a web
page _could_ do this begs the question. That which can be asserted
without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Let me help you out. As an example, if a web page were to download an
executable which overwrote an existing application, then I could see
how I might launch it unknowingly and how the warning might stop me.
But I can conceive of no feasible way a web page could do this without
my knowledge and even if, for the sake of argument, I postulate that it
_could_ be done, I can just as easily postulate that the evildoer would
overwrite the "quarantine" flag also.

The issue here is not safe computing which I am all in favor of. I use
Little Snitch, a firewall, FlashBlock, and do not download files from
untrusted sources. What I object to is foolishness masquerading as
safety.

 

Each morning prior to waking your computer, vow to be serene.

Good luck.

 

No, that is not what I am suggesting. I am suggesting that it can't
download an executable file into a place where I will see it and
execute it _without_my_prior_knowledge_ of the download.

 

But if the item is in their download folder presumably they know they
downloaded it, n'cest pa? Hence what is the value of reminding them?

C'mon. Just admit that you're wrong It's not that hard and it
builds character