.functions: Add `unquarantine` which force-removes a downloaded app or file from the quarantine

Thanks to @jasomill on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4307379.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.functions b/.functions
index 8aa20c8..a544dfd 100644
--- a/.functions
+++ b/.functions
@@ -76,4 +76,11 @@ function unidecode() {
 function codepoint() {
 	perl -e "use utf8; print sprintf('U+%04X', ord(\"$@\"))"
 	echo # newline
+}
+
+# Manually remove a downloaded app or file from the quarantine
+function unquarantine() {
+	for attribute in com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms com.apple.quarantine; do
+		xattr -r -d "$attribute" "$@"
+	done
 }
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