When I pull up the "open recent" tab in Numbers (and in Pages), it only shows "Clear Menu" -- it doesn't show my recent files. I thought I fixed this once before. Why's it defaulting to "Clear Menu" and how can I change it back so that it gives me my actual recently opened documents?
MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard
Hi Ken,
Possibly a recent update reset the Open Recent to zero.
Open System Preferences > General > Recent Items.
Type a number (say 10)
Quit System Preferences.
If Numbers is running, save your work, Quit and restart Numbers.
Open a few Numbers documents and Open Recent will start listing them.
Regards,
Ian.
Hi Ken,
Possibly a recent update reset the Open Recent to zero.
Open System Preferences > General > Recent Items.
Type a number (say 10)
Quit System Preferences.
If Numbers is running, save your work, Quit and restart Numbers.
Open a few Numbers documents and Open Recent will start listing them.
Regards,
Ian.
Thanks, Yellowbox!
Hi Ken,
Glad it works, and thanks for the greenie and your feedback!
Regards,
Ian.
Sorry - I've had this same problem for months. I've set and re-set the System Preferences, General, Recent Items countless times and, as explained by others, the setting isn't saved and when I go back in to check it, the setting has reverted to "None". At one point, 3 weeks ago, it fixed itself and, shortly afterwords, it reverted to "Clear Menu" and None".
Please can anyone explain and fix?
Hi ParaDara,
I don't know if this will work, but often quitting apps and shutting down your machine, then rebooting will clear temporary files and give you a clean start.
Try this (Bold for the extra steps added to my first reply:
Open System Preferences > General > Recent Items.
Type a number (say 10)
Quit System Preferences.
If Numbers is running, save your work, Quit and restart Numbers.
Shut down and restart your machine.
Open Numbers.
Open a few Numbers documents and Open Recent will start listing them.
Any improvement?
Regards,
Ian.
"Open recent" only shows "clear menu"
