NSRunningApplication, return list of recent used applications?

Question

i'm trying to get a list of the most recent used applications. NSWorkspace returns me a list of active applications and i can sort them on a few options using NSRunningApplication. see list below:

• launchDate
• finishedLaunching
• processIdentifier

i dont want the lauch date but the recent 'active' date (like the way cmd-tab sorts). Does anyone knows the solution for this?

Answer 1

There is no documented way of doing this that I'm aware of, but I wrote exactly what you are asking for using private APIs: http://gist.github.com/163918

Also, see Getting the list of running applications ordered by last use for solutions that do not use private APIs.