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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
Date: 6 Jul 2024 19:52:51 GMT
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On 2024-07-06, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> 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 ;-)

Where's your evidence that this information is accessible by them?

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