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What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders I've recently modified, accessed or some subset of this. I'm working on a project and keep drilling down five directories to a folder, and then in two other completely diverse locales. then I accidentally close one and have to drill down all over again, then I accidentally close the other folder. It's a real bother. Seems I remember something like this, but would love to see a folder in the dock that allows this.  SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I > can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Seems I remember something like this, but would love to see a folder in > the dock that allows this. What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle too rapidly? >> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I >> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle > too rapidly? That's great! And that will certainly do. I wonder if there is a place to put in the dock, though... SignatureThank you and have a nice day. >>> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I >>> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > That's great! And that will certainly do. I wonder if there is a > place to put in the dock, though... /Library/Recent Folders Drag it to the right side on the Dock. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com >>>> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I >>>> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Drag it to the right side on the Dock. Even better! Thanks to all! SignatureThank you and have a nice day. >>> What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle >>> too rapidly? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > /Library/Recent Folders Huh? I don't see any such directory, nor do I see a directory "~/Library/Recent Folders". - Bill Mitchell >>>> What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle >>>> too rapidly? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Bill Mitchell The tilde is your user directory so the path is WhateverYourhardDriveIsNamed/WhateverYourNameIS/Library/Recent Folders or search for Recent Folders or go to menu bar in Finder and follow Go>Go to folder. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com >>> /Library/Recent Folders >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > or go to menu bar in Finder and follow Go>Go to folder. I'm well aware of what the tilde means. I tried it as well as the directory you specified because it seemed clear that such a folder would have to be in the user's directory. I searched in both places, both using Finder and using "ls -a" from the terminal, and I haven't found anything. I did find "Recent Servers", but not "Recent Folders". - Bill Mitchell > I searched in both places, both using Finder and using "ls -a" from the > terminal, and I haven't found anything. I did find "Recent Servers", > but not "Recent Folders". Same here. I can't find a folder called "Recent Folders" anywhere. I'm using 10.5.1 -j SignatureJeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read top-posted, over-quoting or HTML postings. http://improve-usenet.org/ > > I searched in both places, both using Finder and using "ls -a" from the > > terminal, and I haven't found anything. I did find "Recent Servers", [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -j Seems like you guys are going through an awful lot of trouble messing about with the Recent Folders folder when the OP would really be better served with a simple smart folder. This is the kind of thing smart folders were designed to do - why not just use that?? SignatureNote: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR > >>> /Library/Recent Folders > >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > using Finder and using "ls -a" from the terminal, and I haven't found > anything. I did find "Recent Servers", but not "Recent Folders". I don't see it on mine or my daughter's Intel iMac either. Recent Servers folders are there however. >>>> /Library/Recent Folders >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > - Bill Mitchell Well then you're SOL coz every Mac I've laid hands on today has that directory. Sorry I'm no help. Weird it is. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com > >>> What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle > >>> too rapidly? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Bill Mitchell Good...I was beginning to think I might be the only one. :-) = Steve = SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama >>>>> What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle >>>>> too rapidly? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > = Steve = Well I DID find such a directory and dragged it to the dock and it worked hunky dory. Curious though, it has folders I haven't accessed in many months. Maybe six. And few of the ones I've accessed recently. I cleared the aliases out of the directory. And no new ones have been added to the dock's folder, though I've accessed many new folders. So though there is a "recent folders" directory and folders accessible through the "Go" drop-down, they don't seem to be related. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > >>>>> What about the Recent Folders menu in the Go menu? Or do those cycle > >>>>> too rapidly? [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > So though there is a "recent folders" directory and folders accessible > through the "Go" drop-down, they don't seem to be related. My guess, then, is that this is an artifact from an upgrade...guessing that your machine used to run Tiger. In my case, I'm running a shiny new MacBook Pro which came with a Leopard CPU drop-in DVD, and I did a clean install of Leopard before ever using it. = Steve = SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama [...] > > So though there is a "recent folders" directory and folders accessible > > through the "Go" drop-down, they don't seem to be related. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > new MacBook Pro which came with a Leopard CPU drop-in DVD, and I did a > clean install of Leopard before ever using it. That would explain my Mac since I did a reformat and clean install or Leopard. But my daughter's intel iMac used to run Tiger. In <stevewjackson-84479C.13403517122007@news.individual.net>, Steve W....: > My guess, then, is that this is an artifact from an upgrade...guessing > that your machine used to run Tiger. In my case, I'm running a shiny > new MacBook Pro which came with a Leopard CPU drop-in DVD, and I did a > clean install of Leopard before ever using it. I did an upgrade install from Tiger and I don't have the Recent Folders folder. Furthermore my account descends from an account on Jaguar. It's been update installs through Tiger and to my current machine via Migration Assistant to the most recent update install from Tiger to Leopard. The only time I ever did a clean install was with Jaguar. -j SignatureJeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read top-posted, over-quoting or HTML postings. http://improve-usenet.org/ > >> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I > >> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > That's great! And that will certainly do. I wonder if there is a > place to put in the dock, though... If you *know* the folders you expect to access, you could create a new folder with aliases to the ones you want, and put tht in the Dock. Trouble with Recent Folders is that it might show some other items you have looked at recently and crowd out the one you want. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read >> That's great! And that will certainly do. I wonder if there is a >> place to put in the dock, though... > > If you *know* the folders you expect to access, you could create a new > folder with aliases to the ones you want, and put tht in the Dock. Yeah, but I don't. I have new folders I'm dealing with quite regularly. > Trouble with Recent Folders is that it might show some other items you > have looked at recently and crowd out the one you want. And the bonus. Mostly I just wan to see the last 3 or 4 I've visited as I'm shuffling/converting files between them. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > > Trouble with Recent Folders is that it might show some other items you > > have looked at recently and crowd out the one you want. > > And the bonus. Mostly I just wan to see the last 3 or 4 I've visited > as I'm shuffling/converting files between them. I had a vague feeling that Recent Folders did not necessarily show the most recent items, but selected them in alphabetical order from a larger list. But his may only hold for AppleWorks, where I know I had to add a script to the Recent Items folder to get the actual recent ones. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I > can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Seems I remember something like this, but would love to see a folder in > the dock that allows this. What you want is in the Finder menu bar: File > New Smart Folder. You are welcome. : ) SignatureNote: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR >> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I >> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > You are welcome. : ) Interesting idea, but I can't seem to make it actually work. My criteria is Kind=Folder, Last Opened Date is within last 1 day. But it doesn't bring up the last three folders I opened. Ah, I figured it out: It doesn't trap any folders that were opened via hot-key, only those double-clicked with a mouse or with apple-o. And no fan display in the dock; you have to click it to open it then go to the faux folder now opened and select the desired folder. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > >> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I > >> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > out: It doesn't trap any folders that were opened via hot-key, only > those double-clicked with a mouse or with apple-o. I'd consider that a bug if I were you. You may want to file a bug report to make Apple aware of the issue. SignatureNote: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter. JR In article <jollyroger-BE2DFF.04505227122007@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>, > > >> What I'd like to do, under Leopard, is have a folder in my doc that I > > >> can click on, have it fan out, and display the last bunch of folders [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > I'd consider that a bug if I were you. You may want to file a bug > report to make Apple aware of the issue. Nah, the bug is his spelling of criterion :-) > In article > <jollyroger-BE2DFF.04505227122007@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Nah, the bug is his spelling of criterion :-) Nah, "criteria" is correct; as you see I list at least two parameters. "Is" should be "are". No points. Additionally, it should be "actually make it work" instead of "make it actually work" too. Moving on to the next sentence... SignatureThank you and have a nice day. > > In article > > <jollyroger-BE2DFF.04505227122007@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>, [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Moving on to the next sentence... In which case it should have been "My criteria are ..." !! >> Nah, "criteria" is correct; as you see I list at least two parameters. >> "Is" should be "are". No points. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > In which case it should have been "My criteria are ..." !! A revelation! I said just that in my second sentence above. Now your points begin to decrement. Writing well is important, but one really needs reading to complete the process. SignatureThank you and have a nice day. |
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