A few years back, someone gave me a collection of IT training videos on DVD. At least some of the information on those DVDs is still relevant, but DVD drives are in short supply these days. As such, I ...

I work with a lot of content. Between my writing-heavy day job, freelance side hustle as a lifestyle journalist, and amateur photography hobby, I handle a lot of files. Word docs, JPGs, PDFs, PNGs — ...

Have you ever saved a file in Windows, and after doing so disliked the name and wished you could rename it and give it a different one? Join us today in this week's Tech Tip Tuesday to find out how.

If you deal with lots of files (and who doesn’t?), chances are you’ve occasionally run into problems with their names. Say you’ve got a series of image files with less-than-descriptive titles (such as ...

If you use the Finder to rename lots of files, and you use column or list view mode, you’re probably well aware of what I call the “jumping files” problem. Say you’re renaming a series of images from ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The mundane act of changing a computer file’s name seems so ...

Dropbox is adding new automation features for your files and folders in a bid to remove the hassle of organizing them by hand. Typically, when you create a folder and add files to it, the onus is on ...

This post will walk you through changing a filename using the inbuilt file manager app on the newest Google Pixel smartphone. Here’s a quick guide to rename a file on Google Pixel 7. Should you wish ...

One of Windows’s biggest advantages is the abundance of free tools and software. Nameexif is one such software that lets you rename files in batches and saves a ton of time. Often, renaming each file ...

The latest update for Files, a popular file manager for Windows 10 and 11, lets you rename multiple files at once and enjoy other improvements. Files, a third-party file manager for Windows 10 and 11, ...

Some users are having trouble when trying to rename a folder on a Windows computer. Sometimes, the context menu doesn’t allow users to rename the folder, whereas ...