Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread Jim Sims
On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:43 AM, Terry Judd wrote: Jim - are you sure there aren't any bits in that file that look like this... keyapps/key array string/Applications/BBEdit Lite 6.1/BBEdit Lite 6.1 /string string/Applications/Internet Explorer.app/string snip Thanks for the

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread George C Brackett
I looked at the code in HexEdit, which displays any corresponding text: nothing but an occasional letter here and there. Certainly no pathnames. George On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:32 AM, jim sims wrote: Alias: 00c60003 c42cec16 482b 024cc048 024cc094 c614

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread Jim Sims
On Apr 23, 2009, at 2:08 PM, George C Brackett wrote: I looked at the code in HexEdit, which displays any corresponding text: nothing but an occasional letter here and there. Certainly no pathnames. Thanks George. I also tried terminal and plutil, using the convert command and nothing

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread René Micout
Hello, I have done the same and I obtain : For alias : ∆ƒ,ÏH+L¿HL¿î∆Qz ˇ˛L¿HÌûÌì`∑ sample_1.jpg main8Users/jimsims/Desktop/dashboards_Rossi copy/ sample_1.jpg/ˇˇ For Icon : ImgR‘FBIL»∏ƒ,ÏH+R'˚9√#ç¢ ˇ˛R'RR!hjpeg.icns

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread George C Brackett
Hmm. Color my face red! I looked again, though, and don't see what you saw. Perhaps the code is encoded in multiple-byte characters? I get nothing in unicode 7 or 8. George On Apr 23, 2009, at 8:24 AM, René Micout wrote: Hello, I have done the same and I obtain : For alias :

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread René Micout
Mac OS 10.4.11 HexEdit v2.0 Fr (Carbon) the result is (your return message was incomplete ?) : For alias : ∆ƒ,ÏH+L¿HL¿î∆Qz ˇ˛L¿HÌûÌì`∑ sample_1.jpg main8Users/jimsims/Desktop/dashboards_Rossi copy/sample_1.jpg/ˇˇ For Icon : ImgR‘FBIL»∏ƒ,ÏH+R'˚9√#ç¢

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread Kay C Lan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM, jim sims s...@ezpzapps.com wrote: If my guess above is correct, can anyone tell me how to convert them into text I can use? If they are paths, into a useable path to the file? Déjà-vu, Jim didn't we have this thread in March? Unfortunately whilst this gives

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-23 Thread Jim Sims
On Apr 24, 2009, at 2:32 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: Déjà-vu, Jim didn't we have this thread in March? snip http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=17554 snip Can't you skin this cat with AppleScript? Kay - thank you returning me to that web page. I think I need my ESM (Earthling Stress

OS X Recent Items

2009-04-22 Thread jim sims
OS X has the following file that holds information about recent items (applications and files) com.apple.recentitem.plist An example taken from that .plist file is the following. It refers to an image, and what I guess is the path to the icon to that file and the pathway to the file

Re: OS X Recent Items

2009-04-22 Thread Terry Judd
Jim - are you sure there aren't any bits in that file that look like this... keyapps/key array string/Applications/BBEdit Lite 6.1/BBEdit Lite 6.1 /string string/Applications/Internet Explorer.app/string string/Applications/Safari.app/string