OS X Recent Items

[Jim Sims]

On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Terry Judd wrote:

> Jim - are you sure there aren't any bits in that file that look like  
> this...
>
> <key>apps</key>
>    <array>
>        <string>/Applications/BBEdit Lite 6.1/BBEdit Lite 6.1 </string>
>        <string>/Applications/Internet Explorer.app</string>

<snip>

Thanks for the reply Terry.

That com.apple.recentitem.plist was taken from my Mac 10.5.6 machine.

When I open that file up using the PropertyList Editor, then hit the  
Dump button I get the information copied below.

If I save as XML property list format or ASCII property list format I  
get the same thing. The only other choice is save as Binary serialized  
property list format and that seems a bit unusable.

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<dict>
				<key>Alias</key>
				<data>
				AAAAAADGAAMAAAAAxCzsFgAASCsAAAAAAkzASAJMwJQA
				AMYUUXoAAAAACSD//gAAAAAAAAAA/////wABABACTMBI
				AALtngAC7ZMAAGC3AA4AGgAMAHMAYQBtAHAAbABlAF8A
				MQAuAGoAcABnAA8ACgAEAG0AYQBpAG4AEgA4VXNlcnMv
				amltc2ltcy9EZXNrdG9wL2Rhc2hib2FyZHNfUm9zc2kg
				Y29weS9zYW1wbGVfMS5qcGcAEwABLwAAFQACAA7//wAA
				</data>
				<key>Icon</key>
				<data>
				SW1nUgAAANQAAAAARkJJTAAAAMgAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAA
				uAADAAAAAMQs7BYAAEgrAAAAAAAAUicAB/s5AADDI42i
				AAAAAAkg//4AAAAAAAAAAP////8AAQAQAABSJwAAUiIA
				AFIhAAAHaAAOABQACQBqAHAAZQBnAC4AaQBjAG4AcwAP
				AAoABABtAGEAaQBuABIANUFwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy9QcmV2
				aWV3LmFwcC9Db250ZW50cy9SZXNvdXJjZXMvanBlZy5p
				Y25zAAATAAEvAP//AAA=
				</data>
				<key>Name</key>
				<string>sample_1.jpg</string>
			</dict>