Lion - finding recently modified files

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Lion - finding recently modified files

Lion's removed the 'recently modified files' from the sidebar in finder. How, in the new Lion world, does one find files that have been recently created, for example in Fireworks/whatever?

The online help is useless, but as the user interface isn't much help, I now need to find out.

BTW searching for a file using spotlight was the only way I managed to find the file - I want the "new" "improved" way of doing something that's always been there. Oh, opening the enclosing folder shoots me to a different screen when using mis-control.

What a mess.

Posted on Aug 24, 2011 6:11 AM

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SteveKir

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Aug 24, 2011 7:12 AM in response to Glennny2Lappies

Click on the Desktop

Do CMND + Click (this opens Spotlight)

Search for a full stop (.)

When files appear, select the "Last Opened" column.

This lists files even without a . in their names. It seems to include OS files that were opened directly by the user (eg., text files) but no matter.

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Answer 2

Aug 24, 2011 8:53 AM in response to SteveKir

Thanks.

Is there a way of simply getting a recently modified item back on the sidebar?

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SteveKir

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Aug 25, 2011 11:58 AM in response to Glennny2Lappies

You can drag an item on to the sidebar (as I seem to remember from doing it a month ago), but if you mean some way of causing the recently modified version of an item automatically updating on the sidebar, I don't know. Unlikely, I think.

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