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recents folder fill with very old files

My Recents folder is filled with files from several years ago. How can I clean this up so it represents actually recently used files?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 1:21 PM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2022 6:56 AM

Hopeful, thanks. I used this info https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4833052/how-do-i-remove-the-extended-attributes-on-a-file-in-mac-os-x to remove the extended data on a file created in 1998 and last opened in 2017 but it still showed up in the Recents until I rebuilt the Spotlight database for my whole home directory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

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Jan 14, 2022 6:56 AM in response to Barney-15E

Hopeful, thanks. I used this info https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4833052/how-do-i-remove-the-extended-attributes-on-a-file-in-mac-os-x to remove the extended data on a file created in 1998 and last opened in 2017 but it still showed up in the Recents until I rebuilt the Spotlight database for my whole home directory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

recents folder fill with very old files

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