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# How to Quickly Access Recent Files on macOS
- URL: https://en.blog.themarfa.name/how-to-quickly-access-recent-files-on-macos/
- Published: 2025-06-27T14:21:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-27T14:21:48.000Z
- Description: Recents is a utility that gives you quick access to recent files via a hotkey, grouped by application, with convenient file actions.
- Author: Konstantin Dokuchaev
- Tags: macos, Recents

Finder — the default file manager in macOS — isn’t the most efficient tool for quickly accessing recent files. Even “shelf” utilities that let you stash files in separate windows haven’t really helped me.

That’s why I started using an app called [**Recents**](https://recentsapp.com/). With a single hotkey, it opens a window showing your recent files, neatly grouped by the app they were used in.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2025/06/image-11.png)

From this window, you can quickly open a file, jump to its folder, or drag it into another application.

[Try Recents](https://recentsapp.com/)