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how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:38 pm
by jagoff
after deleting projects they still remain greyed out in the open recent tab...a bit of a visual nuisance....is there an easy way to clear the tab?

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:46 am
by mech2161
I'd like to know this also.

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 6:17 am
by invol
Throw out the preferences file....

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:55 pm
by jagoff
where are they kept?

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:47 pm
by invol
On OS X - User / Library / Preferences / Ableton /

Windows ?

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:15 pm
by nuxnamon
invol wrote:Throw out the preferences file....
will there be anything else affected?

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:54 pm
by simmerdown
be nice to throw out the old, but keep the newer...

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:25 am
by invol
nuxnamon wrote:
invol wrote:Throw out the preferences file....
will there be anything else affected?
Anything set up in the Preferences will go back to their default settings : )

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:09 pm
by jagoff
invol wrote:On OS X - User / Library / Preferences / Ableton /

Windows ?
no, mac

strangely, in my preferences folder there is no folder named "Ableton" and also no plist files with Ableton or Live in the filename.

:x

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:28 pm
by invol
Are you looking in your User directory? Not the root Library.... It is not a .plist, it is called Preferences.cfg.

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:32 pm
by jagoff
sorry i'm struggling with this one.

library only appears under the main root directory

by user i assume you are referring to the name that appears with a house icon in finder

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:25 am
by invol
Yes, your user name - Home ƒ.

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:53 am
by fishmonkey
jagoff wrote:sorry i'm struggling with this one.

library only appears under the main root directory

by user i assume you are referring to the name that appears with a house icon in finder
that's because the ~/Library folders are hidden in the Finder by default in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).

there are a few different ways to get there, the easiest is to hold down the Option key while clicking on the "Go" menu in the Finder. an entry for your user Library will then magically appear...

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:19 am
by invol
I was just about to respond again, since it dawned on me that he might be on 10.7 Lion.

Fishmonkey mentions the easiest way... Here are more
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/access-u ... os-x-lion/


Cheers,
Brian

Re: how do i clear the "open recent" tab

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:58 am
by Rationalizer
Doesn't Macs have search function?