Here’s a simple trick you can use in OS X 10.5’s Open dialog box. Say you’ve decided to open a saved file in a given application. You press Command-O (or select File -> Open if you’re menu-inclined) ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Using the Command Prompt in Windows can be a powerful way to manage and open files, especially when you need to perform tasks quickly or with specific privileges. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to ...

You no doubt know how to copy, move, rename and otherwise manipulate files on your Mac, but with the right power tricks you can get through all this digital admin much more quickly. Here’s our pick of ...

Finder isn't the most exciting thing about OS X, but it's the backbone for how you navigate the operating system. It's your file browser, your search engine, and your management area, but few of us ...

Ever since OS X 10.7 Lion, the Finder has a new sidebar section, called All My Files. It’s a list of, predictably, all the files on your Mac and it can be customized to show them in any style you like ...

Everyone has a different method for keeping items organized. What’s nice about MacOS is that Apple gives you a handy, built-in feature that can help you organize your files and folders called "tags." ...

I use the MacOS Finder daily to manage my files and folders. It's an invaluable tool -- and one of the better file managers I use, but that doesn't mean Finder is configured ideally out of the box.

There are many ways to organize files in folders within Finder, but possibly one of the handiest is to sort files by the application that will open them. AppleInsider shows how to enable this Finder ...

In the past few months, I've tried a lot of file managers on both Windows and macOS, and it's made me realize how ineffective and insufficient the solutions provided by Microsoft and Apple can be.