Apple Intelligence is now available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac!

⏺ Press release

⏺ Learn more

⏺ Watch the video

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Finder-icon right-click

Is there a way to shorten list of previous directories when right-click on Finder icon?

Mac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 17, 2022 12:06 PM

Top-ranking reply

Sharhari

Level 5

6,293 points

Posted on Nov 18, 2022 1:43 AM

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click General.

look for "Recent items" select/choose desired lower value.

If it didn't take immediate effect try logoff & login to check.

Hope it helps.

View in context

Similar questions

3 replies

Top-ranking reply

Sharhari

Level 5

6,293 points

Nov 18, 2022 1:43 AM in response to danallenhouston

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click General.

look for "Recent items" select/choose desired lower value.

If it didn't take immediate effect try logoff & login to check.

Hope it helps.

Nov 17, 2022 3:11 PM in response to danallenhouston

Ah ha! No replies. Only been a few hours, but ... experience, which is no predictor of the future, anecdotally says, no answer = cannot be done. We shall see.

Dec 23, 2022 5:24 PM in response to Sharhari

You'd think I would recall setting the number to 50, but I did not. Thank you, problem solved.

Finder-icon right-click