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RECENTITEMS

Alex Cartwright edited this page Oct 7, 2019 · 3 revisions

The RECENTITEMS plugin parses data from several dozen files (per user) from the following locations.

Description Path
Recent Applications from each user's applications (ElCapitan +) /Users/{USER}/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/*
NSNavRecentPlaces and SGTRecentFileSearches /Users/{USER}/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
FXDesktopVolumePositions and FXRecentFolders /Users/{USER}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
systemitems.volumeslist and favoriteservers /Users/{USER}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

This plugin supports standalone mode.

Sample Usage

$ python mac-apt.py -x -o ~/Case_Output E01 ~/Acquisition.E01 RECENTITEMS

Output

Field Name Notes
Type Type of Recent Item; UNKNOWN, DOCUMENT, APPLICATION, PLACE, VOLUME
Name Name of Recent Item
URL URL/File location (varies per type)
APPLICTION : Location of Application files and contents
PLACE : Location of folder/place
DOCUMENT : Location of document
UNKNOWN : Location of other file/app
Volume : Name of volume for application or service
Info Other information associated with the Recent Item
User User associated with the Recent Item
Source Source file from which the information for Recent Item was retrieved

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