Preview - Missing recent places in the where drop down

My mistake! Thanks for pointing out the Option-File combination.

So, we have access to Recent Folders, via Save As.

If I pull down the current file name and location (at the top-center of the Preview window) and choose Other, I get essentially the same chooser window as Save As, and Recent Folders is there.

I still think it would be more convenient for users if Preview's top-center pull-down included a section of Recent Folders.

Hello Marc,

I am facing the same issue.

Was in contact with technical support team from Apple and apparently this is something that happened after last update. Technician checked it on his computer (he has last update 13.3.1.) and there was no Recent places. He told me that will take it to the engineering team and lets hope Recent places will return with next update.

Yana

Give this a try: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE 1: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

NOTE 2: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will insure a successful boot into Safe Mode.

I never use that drop down, but if you do Save As... instead, there is "Recent Places".

Another option is to add the folders you use regularly to the Finder Sidebar. Then they will appear under Favorites.

This worked: Changed settings on Google Chrome -- clicked on 3 dots ---> Settings. In settings top left corner clicked on 3 bars to bring up menu on left side of screen. Look for "Downloads". In that section, turn on "Ask where to save each file before downloading" and clear "open select types of file"

Quit and restarted Chrome -- now it asks where to save vs opening file up, and it stays in the last place you saved file to.

Facing the same issue as mvlabbate described. None of the answers in this thread address the problem.

Seems like Apple decided to remove this useful feature in the most recent update -- not sure if this was deliberate or a bug that will be fixed later. Very unfortunate!

Apple: please do look into this...

I contacted Apple support about this and, of course, I got a canned answer ("With updates on the device some features are removed and updated to function differently, You can leave feedback on our site about any feature you would like to see.") and a pointer to Product Feedback - Apple. I left feedback there, and I recommend others do the same. I doubt Apple pays much attention to comments in the Community forum, although I don't have much confidence in feedback system, either.

-George

We are not talking about Finder. We are talking about Preview. Preview used to have a Recent Places, but it no longer does. Loss of the Recent Places makes it inconvenient to save documents to an ever-changing set of folders.

Like the original poster and several others, I use Preview many times a day, every day, working with files of an ever-changing subset of my clients. Loss of the "Recent Folders" list in file move/rename dialog box is incredibly frustrating and time consuming. I don't understand why Apple did away with this very useful feature. Obviously, the code to implement the feature already existed. The code did not obviously slow down the system or cause instability or reduce security. Apple must have incurred work to remove the feature. It makes no sense at all, at least to a business user like me, why Apple would spend money and time to remove the feature.

-George

Thank you, George - Completely Agree.

What is odd is that it's the only app that doesn't conform and it is the default behavior in pretty much everything else.

Very frustrating and makes no sense for Apple to be that inconsistent.

I left a comment and agree that it will probably be ignored.

Nope. None of the Preview Updates have returned the functionality. It is NOT the default "save" behavior. I don't understand why Preview would be treated differently than any other app (either from Apple or from external developers).

It really makes no sense.