No files showing up in Recents in Finder

Recents is a search folder. Try rebuilding the Spotlight index.

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The metadata could have been deleted in the upgrade, but I don't know why.

Open a file in the Finder. Does it appear in Recents?

janecycler wrote:

On my MacBook Air - Ventura, when I open Finder, no files appear in my Recents folder. One day they were there, the next nothing. Don't remember changing anything.

Open recently used items on Mac - Apple Support

verify your software is up to date…

The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.6

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if no insight —

A SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

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This was driving me crazy. This was the only solution that worked for me. Thank you!