Pro plugin

Arc Browser

Collects Arc browsing history, cookies, saved logins, bookmarks, Spaces, sidebar items (pinned, Today, and Favorites tabs), Boosts, and preferences

browser.arcPromacOS 10.15+v1.0.0browseruserweb

Run this plugin

Trigger collection for Arc Browser on its own with the --plugin flag, or include it in a wider sweep by category.

# Just this plugin
macfor-pro collect --plugin browser.arc --output ./evidence.zip

# Dry run — list what would be collected
macfor-pro collect --plugin browser.arc --dry-run

Compatibility

macOS 10.15+

Licensing: ships in the macfor-pro binary. See Community vs Pro.

Artifacts (9 collected)

Each row corresponds to an entry in the plugin's artifacts.yaml manifest. Optionalartifacts are often absent, and their absence isn't recorded as an error. Plannedartifacts are documented locations the plugin doesn't collect yet. Where a path shows a version range, macfor only tries it when the source's macOS or application version is in that range.

Path placeholders

{variant_path} is each installed variant's data directory:
- Arc — Library/Application Support/Arc
{profile} is Default and every Profile * directory.

history

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Browsing History arc_history	sqlite	`~/{variant_path}/User Data/{profile}/History`	—

cookies

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Cookies arc_cookiesOptionalSensitive	sqlite	`~/{variant_path}/User Data/{profile}/Cookies`	—

credentials

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Login Data arc_loginsOptionalSensitive	sqlite	`~/{variant_path}/User Data/{profile}/Login Data`	—

bookmarks

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Bookmarks arc_bookmarks	json	`~/{variant_path}/User Data/{profile}/Bookmarks`	—

config

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Spaces arc_spaces	json	`~/{variant_path}/StorableSidebar*.json`	—
Sidebar Items arc_sidebar_items	json	`~/{variant_path}/StorableSidebar*.json`	—
Boosts arc_boostsOptional	directory	`~/{variant_path}/boosts`	—
Preferences arc_preferencesOptional	binary_plist	`~/Library/Preferences/company.thebrowser.Browser.plist`	—

metadata

Artifact	Format	Path	Notes
Raw Files arc_rawOptionalOpt-in	directory	`~/{variant_path}`	—