Finder hides file paths while Windows Explorer offers more direct and easy access with an address bar. Both Finder & Explorer ...

Stationery Pad is a handy way to nix a step in your workflow if you regularly use document templates on your Mac. The long-standing Finder feature essentially tells a file's parent application to open ...

Your photo library is a mess. Your downloads folder is a mess. Your music folders are riddled with so many duplicates that you can’t tell what’s new and what’s ...

If you’ve used Mac OS X for any length of time, you probably feel confident that you know what you need to know about using the Finder to manage your files. But do you, really? Here’s what we think ...

You can open Finder Preferences by clicking anywhere on the desktop and then clicking Finder on the menu bar. How to Use Finder to Search the Current Folder on Your Mac Instead of This Mac Your email ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your Mac is starting to run slow the first thing to check is if you are running low on space. It’s generally advised that you should have 10% of your total space free on your Mac for the most ...

One of the most common questions people ask when working with their Mac is: "Where is it?" Not where is the Mac itself (hopefully that is not a mystery!), but where is some apparently hidden file on ...