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From: J.J. O'Shea on 2 Dec 2009 20:38 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. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Barry Margolin on 2 Dec 2009 21:00 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. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: J.J. O'Shea on 2 Dec 2009 23:37 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. > > It was? What was the answer? -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 2 Dec 2009 23:40 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. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Barry Margolin on 3 Dec 2009 04:11
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. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** |