Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Use a keyboard shortcut to quickly open the Downloads folder on your Mac Here’s how you can use a keyboard shortcut to open the Downloads folder in the Finder window. 1. Open a Finder window. 2. Use ...

A few simple tweaks let you add the location of your choice to Open and Save dialog boxes in Vista and XP. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...

Windows 8 significantly changed the Windows interface, which can make it hard to find programs you're used to opening frequently. The Start menu, which used to list Windows accessories like Notepad, ...

In the Mac’s earliest days, its key differentiator was a heavy reliance on the mouse and a desktop metaphor. Although other systems existed with windows and pointers, the vast majority of computers ...

How to open a new Terminal window from any folder shortcut Your email has been sent With this time-saving shortcut, you can open a new Terminal window from any folder simply by selecting it from the ...

Two ways to make Windows 10 File Explorer open specific folders Your email has been sent You can create File Explorer shortcuts in Windows 10 that will open specific folders, but there's a better way.

If you have photographs, videos, documents and PDFs saved to your computer, and who doesn't, you're using folders to organize them. Just like their real-world counterparts, folders are useful to keep ...