# Loss of Recent Projects

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/loss-of-recent-projects/47031>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [April 2, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/loss-of-recent-projects/47031 "2025-04-02T17:51:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bill](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bill/32/107_2.png) [@Bill](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bill)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/loss-of-recent-projects/47031/1 "2025-04-02T17:51:16Z")

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I ran a macOS update on Ventura and noticed that all the recent projects in the Elements splash screen were gone. I would think you would want to store those somewhere safe, so people don’t freak when running an update.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/loss-of-recent-projects/47031/2 "2025-04-02T18:54:43Z")

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We just display what the system gives us, so the recent list is not something we control.