MacOS allows you to hide files and folders by adding a simple period (.) to the file name. This can be handy if you want to share your MacBook with others and hide personal folders that other users ...

I'm confused. I name files/folders for the month and year of when I submit a rebate to keep track of which ones have processed. So, for example, I will have a scan (PDF say) or folder named ...

Spotlight, the automatic file index and search utility on your Mac, automatically indexes files on external drives for searching. When you connect an external hard drive to your computer, files on the ...

The search functionality in File Explorer helps you locate specific files or folders on your system. However, when dealing ...

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The following is an excerpt from David Sparks’s ebook, Paperless (2012, available from iTunes or as a PDF from the author’s website), in which he explains his “paperless” workflow. File-naming is just ...

You download too much crap. Sometimes you download the same crap multiple times. Even if you need to keep those files, you don’t need two of them. To get rid of the ...

A Better Finder Rename is a tool akin to a sledgehammer for file name changes on the Mac, but used precisely, sometimes a big hammer is what you need. We've all got all those photos that like ...

If you cannot rename a file and get Can’t find the specified file error while renaming a file or folder in Windows 11/10, here is how you can fix the issue. It is ...