Clint Modien - Esria Inc.

run this from the Terminal twice

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add ‘{ “tile-data” = { “list-type” = 1; }; “tile-type” = “recents-tile”; }’

then

killall Dock

when the Doc restarts right click one of the new folders on the right side of the doc and select “Recent Documents”

You should now see a “Recent Applications” and a “Recent Documents” icons in the Dock.

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To add spaces to the mac doc run this command…

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{tile-data={}; tile-type=”spacer-tile”;}’

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071115133729552&query=mac%2Bdoc%2Bseparator