They’re located in a bunch of places on your Mac. Even files that you’ve exported appear in Recents. That’s an apt name because any file you’ve created or downloaded that are on your Mac or in iCloud Drive are going to be in this folder. In older versions of macOS and Mac OS X, the Recents folder was named “ All My Files”. This means that the last file that you opened will be at the top of the list (or in the top left corner if you’re viewing the folder contents by icon). The Recents folder lists all files in your Home folder on your Mac and in iCloud Drive, sorted by Date Last Opened. Unless you really mean to get rid of a file, don’t delete it from Recents! NEVER delete files from the Recents folder, as they are actually files elsewhere on the Mac. Still don’t see it? Not a problem - you can go to the Finder menu under Go and select Recents, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift – Command (⌘) – F to open the folder.Ī word of warning - some newer Mac users think that the items in the Recents folder are duplicates of files found elsewhere on their Macs, so they delete these “duplicates” in a fruitless attempt to save space. Click that, and the folders that have been set as Favorites are listed. If you just see the word “Favorites” and nothing is listed beneath it, hover your mouse pointer over the word and you’ll see the word “Show” appear. The Recents folder is accessible from under Favorites in the Finder Sidebar
