Terminal Tips: Add recent applications as a Stack on Dock

Do you find yourself constantly using the Apple menu to find your recently opened applications? This simple Terminal
hack will create a custom Stack on the Dock that will show your
recently opened applications. Just open Terminal.app
(/Applications/Utilities/) and type in the following command:

defaults
write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = {
"list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'

Once
you type in the command, you will need to restart the Dock by typing
“killall Dock” and pressing enter. If you decide you don’t want the
newly created Stack, just drag it off the Dock like any other Stack.

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~ by bigjoe on September 16, 2008.