Open Recent Menu is Blank

[zachleeyoder]

When I try to open a recent file, the Open Recent section in the menu bar is blank. It only says "Clear Menu."

Mac OS Ventura • Designer 1.10.5

Thank you! 

[ashf]

Could be a bug only on Ventura.
On Monterey, there's no such problem.

[zachleeyoder]

Right. Which is why I posted it here. 👍🏻

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, zachleeyoder said:

When I try to open a recent file, the Open Recent section in the menu bar is blank. It only says "Clear Menu."

Mac OS Ventura • Designer 1.10.5

Did it work before?

[zachleeyoder]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Did it work before?

On Monterey, it did. I upgraded to Ventura and I believe it’s a Ventura bug. That’s why I’m reporting it here. 
 

I wonder if anyone else has this issue on Ventura? 

[walt.farrell]

And have you verified that your system Settings related to Recent Files are still the same as they were before you upgraded the OS?

[MikeTO]

I haven't had any problems with the Open Recent menu after upgrading to Ventura, saving to iCloud or to a folder on my SSD outside of iCloud.

[zachleeyoder]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

And have you verified that your system Settings related to Recent Files are still the same as they were before you upgraded the OS?

I am in the Ventura System Settings trying to figure this out and, as the System Settings are completely different now, I am unable to locate how to ADD an app to give it access to recent files. I do see that Full Disk Access or Files & Folders access is not given to Designer, which means it changed on the update. How do I add an app to permissions? Lol

[zachleeyoder]

1 hour ago, MikeTO said:

I haven't had any problems with the Open Recent menu after upgrading to Ventura, saving to iCloud or to a folder on my SSD outside of iCloud.

I have been able to access the files on File > Open... but the Recent list is my issue. 

[Lee D]

@zachleeyoder The Open Recent option is usually controlled by the macOS. In previous versions the option is under General in System Preferences, have you checked there?

[zachleeyoder]

7 hours ago, Lee D said:

@zachleeyoder The Open Recent option is usually controlled by the macOS. In previous versions the option is under General in System Preferences, have you checked there?

I can’t seem to find where it would be in the System Preferences. Maybe I’m just completely missing it? 

[Old Bruce]

46 minutes ago, zachleeyoder said:

I can’t seem to find where it would be in the System Preferences. Maybe I’m just completely missing it? 

I am not running the latest OS but you could try typing "Recent" (without the quotes) in the Search section of the OS System preferences.

[zachleeyoder]

7 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

I am not running the latest OS but you could try typing "Recent" (without the quotes) in the Search section of the OS System preferences.

That didn’t work for me. Ugh. Lol. 

[MikeTO]

8 hours ago, Lee D said:

@zachleeyoder The Open Recent option is usually controlled by the macOS. In previous versions the option is under General in System Preferences, have you checked there?

It has moved to Desktop & Dock in the new System Settings. @zachleeyoder I bet this is the problem. Go to Desktop & Dock and ensure Recent documents is set to a value like 10 and not None. If it's set to None you won't get any recent items in Affinity.

Don't worry about Privacy & Security where the + sign to add an app is gone in Ventura. There's still the - sign to remove one which is in your screenshot. I think apps are only added automatically now but I'm not sure.

[zachleeyoder]

6 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

It has moved to Desktop & Dock in the new System Settings. @zachleeyoder I bet this is the problem. Go to Desktop & Dock and ensure Recent documents is set to a value like 10 and not None. If it's set to None you won't get any recent items in Affinity.

Don't worry about Privacy & Security where the + sign to add an app is gone in Ventura. There's still the - sign to remove one which is in your screenshot. I think apps are only added automatically now but I'm not sure.

THIS IS THE ANSWER!!!! Thank you! The new System Preferences is difficult to maneuver on OS. Not a complaint, just different. Thanks so much! 

So here's a question: Why would this be ON in Monterey but the update to Ventura changed this to "None" for me? 

[zachleeyoder]

8 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

It has moved to Desktop & Dock in the new System Settings. @zachleeyoder I bet this is the problem. Go to Desktop & Dock and ensure Recent documents is set to a value like 10 and not None. If it's set to None you won't get any recent items in Affinity.

Don't worry about Privacy & Security where the + sign to add an app is gone in Ventura. There's still the - sign to remove one which is in your screenshot. I think apps are only added automatically now but I'm not sure.

 

[MikeTO]

13 minutes ago, zachleeyoder said:

THIS IS THE ANSWER!!!! Thank you! The new System Preferences is difficult to maneuver on OS. Not a complaint, just different. Thanks so much! 

So here's a question: Why would this be ON in Monterey but the update to Ventura changed this to "None" for me? 

I'm glad you've got it sorted.

I have no idea why the setting turned off for you during the upgrade. It could be something like years ago you picked a setting that was later removed from the list and while that value continued to work until Ventura, perhaps in Ventura a value that doesn't match the ones in the list defaults to None. I have no idea if there ever were more settings like 25 that aren't offered today, but this is why something like this could happen. Anyway it doesn't matter, issue solved.

Cheers

[zachleeyoder]

43 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

I'm glad you've got it sorted.

I have no idea why the setting turned off for you during the upgrade. It could be something like years ago you picked a setting that was later removed from the list and while that value continued to work until Ventura, perhaps in Ventura a value that doesn't match the ones in the list defaults to None. I have no idea if there ever were more settings like 25 that aren't offered today, but this is why something like this could happen. Anyway it doesn't matter, issue solved.

Cheers

True. Doesn’t matter now. Lol. Thank you so much!