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Recent Applications-- where is this info stored?
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chris v
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May 15, 2005, 09:44 PM
 
The Apple Menu Recent Items... displays x number of recent applications. Where is the info that is displayed in that menu stored? Is there a .plist file somewhere, or what? The point is, I would like to be able to ssh in to machines that I administer and see that list.

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May 15, 2005, 10:31 PM
 
Macintosh HD/Users/User_Name/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist

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May 15, 2005, 10:58 PM
 
I don't have a "Macintosh HD" nor a User_Name.

I found mine in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
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May 16, 2005, 07:00 AM
 
Ah. Spotlight didn't find it because I searched for 'recent items' with a space.

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