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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 16:36:04 -0400 Organization: B Company, 24th Regiment of Foot Lines: 37 Message-ID: <v69lfk$3e6gu$2@dont-email.me> References: <v66m4r$2rji7$1@dont-email.me> <v673f6$2tt2l$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:36:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a629ac7d0bdad6786ed5582d5ce178d8"; logging-data="3611166"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18AFyGPNWdJpRQcFuBWmexf" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:uQHqJwTwD9VEFn6G6LzLHu7NNzk= In-Reply-To: <v673f6$2tt2l$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2607 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... -- Because we're here lad. Nobody else. Just us.