Downloads history

Fortrikka

Downloads history table
A download history down here? I am pretty sure it can be added, it being separate from the "Recently downloaded", because I like to have a history of all my recent downloads so I know how many files I download from the internet daily, as over time the download popup in the toolbar does not store the date and time of which you downloaded the items, so it does not serve well as a long-term usage other than being in the short-term such as for a fewer than a dozen downloads.

So my proposal is a dedicated menu just like Firefox's opened by the shortcut command+J, whichi s standard for chrome and firefox.
While I do konw that there exists a downloads history in the toolbar, I want a table complete with the date and time, plus storage space, but the Downloads toolbar does not give me that, and it is not feasible to simply keep all your downloaded files in one folder as I transfer them to other folders after, and it becomes hard to tell which files were downloaded recently from the internet or simply curled.

Vlad

Yes! This is the perfect location for it.

andelink

which files were downloaded recently from the internet or simply curled

@Fortrikka fyi browser downloads have a couple extended attributes set on them that distinguishes them from other downloads (e.g. curl):

kMDItemWhereFroms URL of download source
kMDItemDownloadedDate date time of download

There's a few ways to view this data, but right in Finder is the easiest. For example, download the Doggo image from the mascot help page, right-click the file in Finder, and open Get Info. You should see the help.kagi.com link it was downloaded from.

These xattrs are surfaced in Finder so long as you've downloaded them to a location that is indexed by Spotlight. And because they're in Spotlight you can do a search (cmd+space) and type wherefrom:kagi.com and have the relevant downloads returned.

But even if the files aren't Spotlight indexed, you can still view xattr data by dropping down to the terminal:

# ls only reads
ls -@ doggo_1.b29ed36f.png

# xattr can read/write
xattr -l doggo_1.b29ed36f.png
xattr -p com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms doggo_1.b29ed36f.png

# exiftool can read/write
exiftool -a -s -MacOS:"*Froms" doggo_1.b29ed36f.png

# The below commands rely on Spotlight index
# mdls read attributes
mdls -name kMDItemWhereFroms -name kMDItemDownloadedDate doggo_1.b29ed36f.png

# search with mdfind (set -attr kMDItemWhereFroms to print urls as well)
mdfind "kMDItemWhereFroms == '*kagi.com*'"

Hope this helps!