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 ...

Windows File Explorer offers various tools to help users organize their files and folders, but sorting folders by size can be particularly challenging due to the limitations of the native File ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

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 ...

To share files and folders over a Network in Windows 11/10, you can follow any one of these methods: Right-click and share any file or folder Use the Share Tab in File Explorer Sharing Properties of ...

A basic, but important, concept to understand when using a computer is cut, copy and paste. These actions will allow you to easily copy or move data between one application and another or copy and ...

How to change ownership of files and folders in Windows 10 Your email has been sent Changing file or folder ownership in Microsoft Windows 10 requires a deep dive into Properties Settings. When you ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

When you upgrade to Windows 8 there may be situations where your personal documents are not transferred to the new version of Windows. These reasons may include permission issues on the files or ...

Normally, when you try to rename a drive, file, and folder in Windows, you get a message saying ‘A file can’t contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? ” < > |’. But Windows 11/10 will now ...

OneDrive lacks native support for transferring the ownership of files and folders. Additionally, some of the workarounds familiar to SharePoint users, such as giving another user full access to an ...