"Open Recent" in Motion.

Hi,
My "Open Recent" list has stopped updating. It seems to work as long as Motion is open but as soon as you shut the program down and go back into it, it goes back to the same list of items it showed before. It's a minor inconvenience but a bit annoying - any ideas? Is there a "prefs" to trash or something?
Thanks in advance.
Cal

It sounds like your prefs are locked or have incorrect permissions. Navigate to ~/Library/Preferences, ctr-click on the file com.apple.motion.plist and select Get Info. In the dialog that appears, check that Locked is not selected and that the permissions allow write access.
If these were all set correctly in the first place, try trashing this file.

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