There is a really easy way to add a stack in your dock that you can use as a recent applications, documents, or server stack.

Basically the stack updates instantly and provides an easy way to reopen recent items. I have one for applications and one for documents. Give it a try and see what you think. If you decide it is not useful, just pull it out of the dock and it will be deleted.

Here are the steps:

1. 1.Open up terminal. (Located in your hard drive > applications > utilities > terminal.
   

2. 2.Copy and paste this into the terminal window: defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }'
   

3. 3.Next, type: killall Dock
   

4. 4.press return.
   

5. 5.Quit terminal and check out the new recent applications item in your dock!
   

6. 6.If you want to change the stack from recent applications to recent documents, just click and hold on the stack until the menu comes up!