Automatic listing of most used files

[paulsenglish]

Hi again

To more easily deal with the increasing number of regular document files I have, I'm wondering if the standard 'Finder', or any other software that is available, can be set up to load the most frequently used, say top 50, files into a folder where it would automatically update. This would preferably be an icon in the dock, if not a main folder in Finder.

I know the system can order folders and files according to 'last modified', but that still leaves me to search all folders. One way to do it, I guess, would be to destroy all folders then it may order them as I want, but it seems a bit drastic. To find older files, I guess I would just have to rely on 'spotlight' or search.

If anyone can see a clearer path, please let me know.

Thanks

Paul

 

[Scottyk9]

Have you tried creating a smart folder? Could use limiters of last opened or modified within a certain time frame, etc.

 

[Mal]

In Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
killall Dock

This will create a Stack in the Dock for Recent Applications, and you can then right click on it to change it to Recent Items. However, it's not customizable, it's always 10 items. A Smart Folder would be the best if you need more control.

jW