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Please can you tell me where and how can I change the default value 20 downloads in the Downloads window?
I would like it to show 40 last downloads instead of only 20.
Opening it with Property List Editor, ~/Library/Safari/Downloads.plist shows a greyed "20 ordered objects" that indicates there must be a default setting somewhere.
Is it somewhere in /Applications/Safari/Contents/?
Or
is it something that I can add in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist? (I know one can use Terminal to add parameters, but don't know the wording).
Or
should I look for some different location?
Is there a simple way that I missed, like in Safari Preferences or using a third-party application?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Axl

Thank you Ian,
Same here: not even a "macosxhint" about this, and I can't locate anything in the obvious locations.
Hopefully because of a strange naming/wording, that someone finally can point?
If not, in a few days I'll ask again in the Unix forum this time.
Regards,
Axl

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