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How do you remove a single item from the "Open Recent" menu on Mac OS X?

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Most document-based Mac OS X applications have a File ---> Open Recent... menu item. This is a list of recent files you've opened with the program. Removing all items is easy; simply select Clear Menu. However, sometimes you might just want to remove a single item or two rather than everything, suc…

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In most applications, application-specific recent documents are in a file named: To list all these files in Terminal, enter the following: On Mac OS X 10.6, these files are (usually) in a binary format. Use Property List Editor (Apple Developer Tool…

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