diff --git a/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystemPaths.hh b/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystemPaths.hh
index 934967529ee..2e7a68a9f7c 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystemPaths.hh
+++ b/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystemPaths.hh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class GHOST_ISystemPaths {
   /**
    * Add the file to the operating system most recently used files
    */
-  virtual void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const = 0;
+  virtual void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const = 0;
 
  private:
   /** The one and only system paths. */
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPaths.hh b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPaths.hh
index 01089e86203..9ce4bf648c8 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPaths.hh
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPaths.hh
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ class GHOST_SystemPaths : public GHOST_ISystemPaths {
   /**
    * Add the file to the operating system most recently used files
    */
-  virtual void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const = 0;
+  virtual void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const = 0;
 };
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.hh b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.hh
index 95b4790ea85..185ca524af0 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.hh
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.hh
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ class GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa : public GHOST_SystemPaths {
   /**
    * Add the file to the operating system most recently used files
    */
-  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const;
+  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const;
 };
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.mm b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.mm
index e4f003d2cee..2f1d09f76ee 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.mm
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa.mm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  * Copyright 2010 Blender Foundation */
 
+#import <AppKit/NSDocumentController.h>
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
 #include "GHOST_Debug.hh"
@@ -112,7 +113,10 @@ const char *GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa::getBinaryDir() const
   return tempPath;
 }
 
-void GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa::addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const
+void GHOST_SystemPathsCocoa::addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const
 {
-  /* TODO: implement for macOS */
+  @autoreleasepool {
+    NSURL *const file_url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:filepath]];
+    [[NSDocumentController sharedDocumentController] noteNewRecentDocumentURL:file_url];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.hh b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.hh
index d9b9b5a9e05..f24ce32792b 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.hh
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsUnix.hh
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ class GHOST_SystemPathsUnix : public GHOST_SystemPaths {
   /**
    * Add the file to the operating system most recently used files
    */
-  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const;
+  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const;
 };
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.cc b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.cc
index c9740483803..5ce121aa7a7 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.cc
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.cc
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ const char *GHOST_SystemPathsWin32::getBinaryDir() const
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void GHOST_SystemPathsWin32::addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const
+void GHOST_SystemPathsWin32::addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const
 {
   /* SHARD_PATH resolves to SHARD_PATHA for non-UNICODE build */
-  UTF16_ENCODE(filename);
-  SHAddToRecentDocs(SHARD_PATHW, filename_16);
-  UTF16_UN_ENCODE(filename);
+  UTF16_ENCODE(filepath);
+  SHAddToRecentDocs(SHARD_PATHW, filepath_16);
+  UTF16_UN_ENCODE(filepath);
 }
diff --git a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.hh b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.hh
index e15f1958319..2ecc406415b 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.hh
+++ b/intern/ghost/intern/GHOST_SystemPathsWin32.hh
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ class GHOST_SystemPathsWin32 : public GHOST_SystemPaths {
   /**
    * Add the file to the operating system most recently used files
    */
-  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filename) const;
+  void addToSystemRecentFiles(const char *filepath) const;
 };
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc
index 3a8670ce377..3d4d14c8334 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_files.cc
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static void wm_history_file_update(void)
     /* Write current file to #BLENDER_HISTORY_FILE. */
     wm_history_file_write();
 
-    /* also update most recent files on System */
+    /* Also update most recent files on system. */
     GHOST_addToSystemRecentFiles(blendfile_path);
   }
 }