# Create a Recently Installed smart folder

Use New Smart Folder to add a changing group for apps recently installed on your Mac.

Last updated 26 October 2026

## Follow these steps

1. Right-click empty space in the grid.

1. Open New Smart Folder.

1. Choose Recently Installed.

1. Use the folder as a place to review new additions over time.

## What to expect

The folder’s membership follows its smart rule rather than a collection you manually maintain. It is useful when you remember adding a tool but not its final grid position.

Smart folders and ordinary folders have different purposes. Keep a permanent project collection in a manual folder if you do not want membership to change as app information changes.

## If the result is different

If an app is not in the group, search by name and inspect its installation location. Recently Installed is not a complete list of every application on the Mac. Removing a smart folder is separate from uninstalling the apps it shows.

For the broader walkthrough, read [organize apps into folders automatically](https://cubbypad.com/guides/organize/).

## Related answers.

[### Create a Not Opened Lately smart folder

A Not Opened Lately smart folder groups apps based on use instead of requiring a manually maintained review list.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/smart-folder-unused/)[### Add a Games smart folder to CubbyPad

Use the Games smart folder for a changing group of apps classified as games, separate from a manually arranged collection.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/smart-folder-games/)[### Start and finish arranging the grid

Hold an app until the icons wobble to arrange CubbyPad; finish with Done, Escape or an empty-space click.

Read answer ↗](https://cubbypad.com/help/enter-arrangement-mode/)

Source: https://cubbypad.com/help/smart-folder-recently-installed/