Whenever I select "Open Recent" when launching Numbers the list is empty. If I go to "Open Existing File" the most recently worked upon file is in the list and can be launched from there.
I have used AppZapper to delete all of the iWork applications following which I did an install and an update to the latest versions. This didn't help.
I am running on OS X 10.7.4.
Thoughts and suggestions will be most appreciated!
James,
Check that your System Preferences > General > Number of recent Items: > Documents is set to a number other than None. Setting that preference to none will empty your Recent History and you will have to start over to build up a "recent" list.
Before I went to the Apple store genius bar I made a bootable backup so that if necessary I could restore things to where they were prior to my visit. The genius I saw decided that the cure to my problem was to completely erase the entirety of my preferences. This did cure the problem but left me with the task of rebuilding numerous preferences, a task that would likely have taken untold hours. So I decided to use the backup to restore my computer to as it was prior to my genius encounter. This is the only time I have had a visit to a genius bar that resulted in a failed and unfortunate result.
My experience with Apple Genius folks has always been positive - they've known the right tweaks at the right moment, but your cautious approach is certainly good advice - you never know when things will take an odd turn.
Making a backup is always a smart move, especially for those unforseen moments. Glad things worked out in the end.
By golly! Your suggestion did the job! This was something that the genius at the local Apple store was unable to fix. You get many, many, many "Thanks!".
Thanks so much for this! I've been frustrated by the same problem for months!! (Though why I was too lazy to come on here and ask the question myself is beyond me) ;-)
Numbers - "Open Recent" not working.
