"Recent Projects" and "Open Recent" perpetually empty

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This is a puzzle to me - I’ve been using Scrivener on a Mac laptop since 2013 and I can’t remember the last time there was anything listed under “Recent Projects” once Scrivener is open, or under “Open Recent” on the app start-up screen.

It’s not usually a problem - I look for my current work under “Favourite Projects”, or just navigate to the spot in Dropbox where (I hope) it lives. The other day, however, I had trouble finding some work and I could have used the help from the “Recent Projects” drop-down tab before I went on safari amidst the iCloud jungle hunting for a backup.

Can anyone suggest why it is I’m not able to have anything recorded in my “Recent Projects” or “Open Recent” boxes? Is it a flaw in my installation of Scrivener, or in the maintenance of my neural pathways?

I’m running Scrivener 3 (3.1.5, to be exact) on a MacBook Pro with Catalina 10.15.2.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

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It could be that at some point years ago you set up your Mac to not list recent applications and documents. It is a setting found in the General System Preferences pane, towards the very bottom. You may find once setting that to a higher number, that your menus are instantly populated with entries. I recall it doesn’t actually ever turn off, but merely sets how much you see.

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Thank you very much Amber - you were spot on! Problem solved! :smiley: