Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Colour Sergeant Bourne Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:53:29 -0400 Organization: B Company, 24th Regiment of Foot Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:53:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fb93552b0a1cc20becf4463b1727b8a5"; logging-data="4011341"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/n7oxFsBESDFPreNFDr5AQ" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jkt/OYq7E/bIk6tilH4OFQRk4QA= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2846 On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote: > 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? You know...them ;-)