If you would like to verify two copies of files or two mirrored directories, there are some Terminal commands that will let you do just that. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

A file extension, or file name extension, is the letters immediately shown after the last period in a file name. For example, the file extension.txt has an extension of .txt. This extension allows the ...

When managing hard drive upgrades or replacements, sometimes you might run into permissions problems when attempting to access data on the older drive. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

In the Mac OS it is possible to change the default program the operating system will use to open a file when you double-click on it. After you have changed this file association, though, you may want ...

USB flash drives (a.k.a. “thumb” drives) may seem passé in a world where AirDrop and cloud storage solve the file-transfer problem. But they’re still quite useful for handing over files to another ...

Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, ...