Last week in Mac Basics we showed how to launch apps automatically at startup. On a related note, there’s a way to quickly access apps, files, and servers you’ve recently used. Under the Apple menu, ...

In Mac OS X, Apple provides access to recently accessed items through the Apple menu's "Recent Items" submenu. This list keeps track of recently accessed documents, servers, and applications that can ...

I had previously used the "Open Recent" in various Mac OS X programs. However, the rate at which I open files vastly outnumbers the available slot space that the OS provides by default (which is 10).

When using your Mac, it’s common to open files you previously worked with. This obvious workflow trait is what led Apple, many years ago, to add an Open Recent submenu to application File menus, as ...

One of the built-in services Apple offers application developers in OS X is a method for listing recent documents that have been opened by that particular application. When implemented, you will see ...

Continuing our recent how-to focus on customizing the macOS Dock, in this article we're going to share with you a method for adding a recent or favorite items stack to the right of the Dock divider.