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Opening a PDF on macOS without leaving digital footprint: privacy challenge

Indie developer documents the impossible: opening a PDF on macOS without the OS and applications automatically creating temporary files, caches, or access traces.

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Multiple layers of macOS caching and metadata (APFS, quarantine flags, file metadata) make this seemingly simple task complex and counterintuitive.

This challenge raises broader privacy question: do modern systems truly give us control over our data, or does traceability become inevitable?

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