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From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Dec 2009 10:10 On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11:31 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote (in article <barmar-26FC95.04113103122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > In article <hf7fg612m0e(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote >> (in article <barmar-2AEE91.21003702122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >> >>> In article <hf74q502dr7(a)news3.newsguy.com>, >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know where the actual list of recent items is stored? I want >>>> to >>>> delete specific items from the recent items list _without_ clearing the >>>> entire list. A Google search finds plenty of references... to locating >>>> the >>>> _item_, not the _list of items_. There's a Recent Servers folder in >>>>> /Library/, but no other obvious location. >>> >>>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist >>> >>> Your post seems almost verbatim the same as a question that was asked a >>> month or two ago. >>> >>> >> >> Okay, I found the previous question. That question was about putting the >> Recent Documents into a Drag Thing dock. I want to delete items from the >> list. It appears that in neither case would it be easy to do. > > I gave you the answer above, what's the problem? Open that file with > Property List Editor (included in the developer tools) and delete the > items you don't want. > > Great idea, except that it doesn't work. At least it didn't when I tried it. Possibly I'd have to log out or restart or something, but simply deleting items from the plist does not seem to do anything to the list as shown under the Apple menu. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Dec 2009 10:14 On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11:31 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote (in article <barmar-26FC95.04113103122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > In article <hf7fg612m0e(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote >> (in article <barmar-2AEE91.21003702122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >> >>> In article <hf74q502dr7(a)news3.newsguy.com>, >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone know where the actual list of recent items is stored? I want >>>> to >>>> delete specific items from the recent items list _without_ clearing the >>>> entire list. A Google search finds plenty of references... to locating >>>> the >>>> _item_, not the _list of items_. There's a Recent Servers folder in >>>>> /Library/, but no other obvious location. >>> >>>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist >>> >>> Your post seems almost verbatim the same as a question that was asked a >>> month or two ago. >>> >>> >> >> Okay, I found the previous question. That question was about putting the >> Recent Documents into a Drag Thing dock. I want to delete items from the >> list. It appears that in neither case would it be easy to do. > > I gave you the answer above, what's the problem? Open that file with > Property List Editor (included in the developer tools) and delete the > items you don't want. > > Yep, as I thought, logging out and logging back up forced the update of the list from the plist. It'd be a major pain if I had to log out every time I wanted to do this. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Steve W. Jackson on 3 Dec 2009 11:21 In article <hf8kl601hf1(a)news5.newsguy.com>, J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11:31 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote > (in article <barmar-26FC95.04113103122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > > > In article <hf7fg612m0e(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote > >> (in article <barmar-2AEE91.21003702122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > >> > >>> In article <hf74q502dr7(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does anyone know where the actual list of recent items is stored? I want > >>>> to > >>>> delete specific items from the recent items list _without_ clearing the > >>>> entire list. A Google search finds plenty of references... to locating > >>>> the > >>>> _item_, not the _list of items_. There's a Recent Servers folder in > >>>>> /Library/, but no other obvious location. > >>> > >>>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist > >>> > >>> Your post seems almost verbatim the same as a question that was asked a > >>> month or two ago. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Okay, I found the previous question. That question was about putting the > >> Recent Documents into a Drag Thing dock. I want to delete items from the > >> list. It appears that in neither case would it be easy to do. > > > > I gave you the answer above, what's the problem? Open that file with > > Property List Editor (included in the developer tools) and delete the > > items you don't want. > > > > > > Yep, as I thought, logging out and logging back up forced the update of the > list from the plist. It'd be a major pain if I had to log out every time I > wanted to do this. Maybe it's a major pain, but keep in mind that Apple didn't design it to work the way you're trying to use it. If you don't want to log out, you could just try relaunching the Finder and see if that works. Hold the Option key when you click the Finder's icon in the Dock and you'll see this option. -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama
From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Dec 2009 11:39 On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:21:07 -0500, Steve W. Jackson wrote (in article <stevewjackson-DD0242.10210703122009(a)news.individual.net>): > In article <hf8kl601hf1(a)news5.newsguy.com>, > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11:31 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote >> (in article <barmar-26FC95.04113103122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >> >>> In article <hf7fg612m0e(a)news3.newsguy.com>, >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote >>>> (in article <barmar-2AEE91.21003702122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >>>> >>>>> In article <hf74q502dr7(a)news3.newsguy.com>, >>>>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Does anyone know where the actual list of recent items is stored? I >>>>>> want >>>>>> to >>>>>> delete specific items from the recent items list _without_ clearing the >>>>>> entire list. A Google search finds plenty of references... to locating >>>>>> the >>>>>> _item_, not the _list of items_. There's a Recent Servers folder in >>>>>>> /Library/, but no other obvious location. >>>>> >>>>>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist >>>>> >>>>> Your post seems almost verbatim the same as a question that was asked a >>>>> month or two ago. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Okay, I found the previous question. That question was about putting the >>>> Recent Documents into a Drag Thing dock. I want to delete items from the >>>> list. It appears that in neither case would it be easy to do. >>> >>> I gave you the answer above, what's the problem? Open that file with >>> Property List Editor (included in the developer tools) and delete the >>> items you don't want. >>> >>> >> >> Yep, as I thought, logging out and logging back up forced the update of the >> list from the plist. It'd be a major pain if I had to log out every time I >> wanted to do this. > > Maybe it's a major pain, but keep in mind that Apple didn't design it to > work the way you're trying to use it. > > If you don't want to log out, you could just try relaunching the Finder > and see if that works. Hold the Option key when you click the Finder's > icon in the Dock and you'll see this option. > Yeah. The problem is that I want to clear a selected few applications, servers, and documents from multiple machines, so doing it this way is non-trivial. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a better way, other than clearing the entire list. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Tom Stiller on 3 Dec 2009 13:48
In article <hf8kl601hf1(a)news5.newsguy.com>, J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11:31 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote > (in article <barmar-26FC95.04113103122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > > > In article <hf7fg612m0e(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote > >> (in article <barmar-2AEE91.21003702122009(a)news.eternal-september.org>): > >> > >>> In article <hf74q502dr7(a)news3.newsguy.com>, > >>> J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does anyone know where the actual list of recent items is stored? I want > >>>> to > >>>> delete specific items from the recent items list _without_ clearing the > >>>> entire list. A Google search finds plenty of references... to locating > >>>> the > >>>> _item_, not the _list of items_. There's a Recent Servers folder in > >>>>> /Library/, but no other obvious location. > >>> > >>>> /Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist > >>> > >>> Your post seems almost verbatim the same as a question that was asked a > >>> month or two ago. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Okay, I found the previous question. That question was about putting the > >> Recent Documents into a Drag Thing dock. I want to delete items from the > >> list. It appears that in neither case would it be easy to do. > > > > I gave you the answer above, what's the problem? Open that file with > > Property List Editor (included in the developer tools) and delete the > > items you don't want. > > > > > > Yep, as I thought, logging out and logging back up forced the update of the > list from the plist. It'd be a major pain if I had to log out every time I > wanted to do this. You could just quit the Finder. There are several utilities that will add a "Quit" option to the Finder's menu bar. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF |