"Recent Items" doesn't show all recent items

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"Recent Items" doesn't show all recent items

I have a file type I use commonly that never shows up on the Recent Items list. Why?
Actually, none of my InDesign files show up. Is this just Mac acting like Microsoft and only showing recently used MICROSOFT files instead of all files?
I thought that Mac people were better than that! After using Mac's since 1985, I am SERIOUSLY frustrated with the lack of Mac I'm getting with Leopard. It's been terribly MICROSOFTED.
This *****!
Not to mention wasting hours of my time finding absolutely NO DATA about this in the help, or the knowledge base (talk about copying windows).

MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 20, 2009 1:35 AM

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Jan 23, 2009 7:36 AM in response to Ellyenne

I just tried it and my InDesign files show up in the Apple menu's Recent folder after I open them using the Finder - they do not appear after being saved or opened using Adobe's interface to do. Adobe must be bypassing the standard Open and Save file dialogs used by the operating system and in doing so these file operations are not cataloged by the Finder for the recent items menu.

Do you have the sidebar turned on in your Finder folders? There is a section for custom search results or smart folders or whatever they are being called today - where you can store a search for all InDesign Files created in the past week or month or whatever criteria - could even use a tag in the file name by project to have separate folders for each - and you could even go into your Library folder (under your user name) and take that saved search and make it a shortcut on your doc or using an App such as FruitMenu from Unsanity.com you could even make this a custom item on the Apple menu.

Two pieces of advice for you.
1. Don't get upset with Apple when the issue is with Adobe's code.
2. Take any opportunity where the system or an app does not work as you would like it to find a creative solution that works better for you than the built in options.

Also I feel your pain I have been there - and in the process discovered some truly amazing third party apps that suit my needs wonderfully - some of which have even been purchased by Apple and incorporated into the base operating system.

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