How to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu in new OS X El Capitan?
I have been trying to find a solution on how to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu. Before upgrading to El Capitan everything worked just fine. I had downloaded Pref Setter software by Night Productions and used that to edit the /YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist. After the update, I no longer can find this file in the Preferences folder which is probably why Pref Setter no longer works.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me figure this out. I have looked extensively online but have not come across a solution that works.
Thanks!
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asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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I have been trying to find a solution on how to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu. Before upgrading to El Capitan everything worked just fine. I had downloaded Pref Setter software by Night Productions and used that to edit the /YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist. After the update, I no longer can find this file in the Preferences folder which is probably why Pref Setter no longer works.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me figure this out. I have looked extensively online but have not come across a solution that works.
Thanks!
macos mac system-preferences
asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
62
I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keysMyFirstPrivateOverlay&OwnAreaDarwinLoopback- extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way
– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46
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I have been trying to find a solution on how to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu. Before upgrading to El Capitan everything worked just fine. I had downloaded Pref Setter software by Night Productions and used that to edit the /YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist. After the update, I no longer can find this file in the Preferences folder which is probably why Pref Setter no longer works.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me figure this out. I have looked extensively online but have not come across a solution that works.
Thanks!
macos mac system-preferences
asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
62
I have been trying to find a solution on how to remove a single item from the Recent Items menu. Before upgrading to El Capitan everything worked just fine. I had downloaded Pref Setter software by Night Productions and used that to edit the /YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist. After the update, I no longer can find this file in the Preferences folder which is probably why Pref Setter no longer works.
I would really appreciate it if someone can help me figure this out. I have looked extensively online but have not come across a solution that works.
Thanks!
macos mac system-preferences
macos mac system-preferences
asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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asked Dec 26 '15 at 8:49
CandyCandy
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I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keysMyFirstPrivateOverlay&OwnAreaDarwinLoopback- extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way
– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46
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I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keysMyFirstPrivateOverlay&OwnAreaDarwinLoopback- extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way
– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46
I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keys
MyFirstPrivateOverlay & OwnAreaDarwinLoopback - extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46
I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keys
MyFirstPrivateOverlay & OwnAreaDarwinLoopback - extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46
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I don't have this file on a clean install of El Capitan, which would appear to confirm the finding that it's no longer used.
This has changed in El Cap, per http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/8122-use-alfred-to-observe-contents-of-all-my-files/
Pre-El Capitan, there was a plist file at "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" containing the data you're after.
In El Capitan, you can get the list of paths with the shell command:
mdfind -onlyin $HOME '((kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.now(-60m)) && (kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.now()))' | grep -v /Library/
(This excludes files in "~/Library".)
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I don't have this file on a clean install of El Capitan, which would appear to confirm the finding that it's no longer used.
This has changed in El Cap, per http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/8122-use-alfred-to-observe-contents-of-all-my-files/
Pre-El Capitan, there was a plist file at "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" containing the data you're after.
In El Capitan, you can get the list of paths with the shell command:
mdfind -onlyin $HOME '((kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.now(-60m)) && (kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.now()))' | grep -v /Library/
(This excludes files in "~/Library".)
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I don't have this file on a clean install of El Capitan, which would appear to confirm the finding that it's no longer used.
This has changed in El Cap, per http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/8122-use-alfred-to-observe-contents-of-all-my-files/
Pre-El Capitan, there was a plist file at "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" containing the data you're after.
In El Capitan, you can get the list of paths with the shell command:
mdfind -onlyin $HOME '((kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.now(-60m)) && (kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.now()))' | grep -v /Library/
(This excludes files in "~/Library".)
answered May 16 '16 at 2:41
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I don't have this file on a clean install of El Capitan, which would appear to confirm the finding that it's no longer used.
This has changed in El Cap, per http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/8122-use-alfred-to-observe-contents-of-all-my-files/
Pre-El Capitan, there was a plist file at "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" containing the data you're after.
In El Capitan, you can get the list of paths with the shell command:
mdfind -onlyin $HOME '((kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.now(-60m)) && (kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.now()))' | grep -v /Library/
(This excludes files in "~/Library".)
answered May 16 '16 at 2:41
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I don't have this file on a clean install of El Capitan, which would appear to confirm the finding that it's no longer used.
This has changed in El Cap, per http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/8122-use-alfred-to-observe-contents-of-all-my-files/
Pre-El Capitan, there was a plist file at "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" containing the data you're after.
In El Capitan, you can get the list of paths with the shell command:
mdfind -onlyin $HOME '((kMDItemContentModificationDate > $time.now(-60m)) && (kMDItemContentModificationDate < $time.now()))' | grep -v /Library/
(This excludes files in "~/Library".)
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I have that file, though it's not been changed since Nov 7 & contains nothing of note, except 2 keys
MyFirstPrivateOverlay&OwnAreaDarwinLoopback- extrapolation would be that it's no longer in use, or not in the same way– Tetsujin
Dec 26 '15 at 11:46