Because of its Unix heritage, Mac OS X is a true multi-user operating system from the ground up. Yet some people have used Mac OS X for many months without fully realizing what this means -- as the ...

The Macintosh operating system has a quick and convenient way to organize files by type. Business users that are used to using Windows systems simply need to learn the terminology used on a Macintosh ...

os.path.join (folder, filename) ensures the path is correct for the system. On Windows, it uses backslashes (reports\summary.txt); on Linux and macOS it uses forward slashes (reports/summary.txt).

In a recent Mac OS X Hints blog entry, I explained how to prevent iTunes from changing filenames (in the Finder) when adding items to your iTunes library. As this is something I don’t normally pay any ...

Macworld breaks down the two main strategies for organizing your digital documents: the organizer/filer approach with more folders, and the searcher/piler approach with smarter searches. Searchers ...