No Recent Files in OS X
After spending a few hours exchanging emails with developer Vadim Shpakovski while trying to troubleshoot an issue with CodeBox we managed to come across a solution that wasn’t initially apparent.
If you’ve ever been working with an application and noticed the Recent Files history is empty, then you have likely ran into the same issue I did.
Luckily, the solution is simple. In your OS X System Preferences, under Appearance ensure Number of Recent Items is not set to None.