Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

In order to share files on a network in the past "classic" Mac operating system, you had to access and set up items in several locations. First, you needed to enable file sharing in one location, then ...

In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start using ...

When Disk Probe initially loads, it's not set to look at any files or partitions, so you'll have to tell the program which file, disk, or partition you want to work with. Let's begin by examining a ...

Steam OS runs on Linux, which makes it complicated (but possible) to transfer files to a Windows-based PC or Mac. Fortunately, there are some easy workarounds; you can use portable media (USB-C sticks ...

Why Encrypt Your Cloud Files? Encrypting your files in the cloud adds an extra layer of security and privacy, ensuring that even your cloud storage provider cannot ...