Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:45:54 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:45:55 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="085621f7384e2df0d001de5407d0d000"; logging-data="3599200"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/QI7vDEDLfJma5NQqyAvUMI20NDESeLts=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:7jV9XDPWQDH3vCjvGryoEz6RQ+Y= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2728 On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote: > On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote: >> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said: >>> >>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from >>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac >>> >>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent >>> folders and apps clear but not the document files. >>> >>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the >>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files. >>> >>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to >>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the >>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- >>> and I don't want to do that. >>> >>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder? >> >> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder", >> so the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you >> cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added >> to overbloat MacOS. >> >> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder >> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar. >> >> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your >> own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that >> you can define the timeframe. >> > It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of > every file I've ever opened... > Privacy from whom, exactly?