CleanRecentItems 1.0

CleanRecentItems 1.0

What it is: AppleScript program that cleans up the Recent Items Folder
Author: Ton Brand
Mac OS: 8.5 or newer
License: freeware

CleanRecentItems takes care of an error in Mac OS 8.5 and newer that makes
the Recent Items folder at the end of the path "Your Hard Disk:System
folder:Preferences folder:Navigation Services folder:" being overloaded by a
huge number of aliases in the course of time.
This causes an unreasonable delay when calling up an Open or Save dialog
supported by Navigation Services, because the system has to find the 10 most
recent items out of several hundreds (or more) for display under the Recent
popup menu.
CleanRecentItems sets a default limit of 50 for the number of items stored
in the Recent Items folder. When that number is exceeded, the whole contents
of the folder is moved to the trash. You can modify the limit by opening the
script of CleanRecentItems with Script Editor.
It is suggested that you put this program in your Startup or Shutdown Items
folder, which is in the System folder.
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Ton Brand
Ton's Software