The following hint is documented elsewhere on the Internet, but not here as far as I can tell. This should work with all versions of Mac OS X.
Ever noticed the "Open Recent" item on the File menu? It records the last opened documents in a given application. By default, the number of items remembered is 10, but that number can be modified as follows:
I believe that you can determine the 'defaults name' for any given application by looking in your Preferences folder, and then just dropping the ".plist" from the file's name. Test it with a defaults read in the Terminal to see what comes up -- so de.codingmonkeys.SubEthaEdit.plist becomes defaults read de.codingmonkeys.SubEthaEdit, for instance. If that fails (i.e. you don't see any output), you can try defaults read | grep Progam_Name in the Terminal. Somewhere in the output, you should see the domain you need to use.
Finally, not all applications use the Open Recent menu item, and this setting won't work in such programs.]
Ever noticed the "Open Recent" item on the File menu? It records the last opened documents in a given application. By default, the number of items remembered is 10, but that number can be modified as follows:
- For a system-wide change, run this command in the Terminal:
Replace 20 with the number of recent items you'd like to have the apps remember.defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20 - For an application-specific change (for instance, Mail) use this command:
Replace com.apple.mail with the proper wording for the app you wish to modify.defaults write com.apple.mail NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20
I believe that you can determine the 'defaults name' for any given application by looking in your Preferences folder, and then just dropping the ".plist" from the file's name. Test it with a defaults read in the Terminal to see what comes up -- so de.codingmonkeys.SubEthaEdit.plist becomes defaults read de.codingmonkeys.SubEthaEdit, for instance. If that fails (i.e. you don't see any output), you can try defaults read | grep Progam_Name in the Terminal. Somewhere in the output, you should see the domain you need to use.
Finally, not all applications use the Open Recent menu item, and this setting won't work in such programs.]
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