Make a Recent Applications Stack in Mac OS X!

OK, if you’re like me, you’re all over the place on your computer. One second you’re in Aperture, then it’s over to iMovie, then you hop over to iTunes to change the song. Sometimes, you accidentally close a window that you actually wanted. Sometimes, it’s an application that you weren’t paying attention to and therefore forgot the name of. Now you have to dig through your application folder and find the thing. Have fun!

Or, you could take the easy solution. Get yourself a recent applications stack like this one:

To get one, all you have to do is this:

1. Open up a Terminal Window.
2. Type the following: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’
3. Then type KillAll Dock in that same terminal window and you’ll have your soon-to-be-beloved recent applications stack.

Now, not only can you have a recent applications stack, but there are a few other options:

I hope you like this one as much as I do!