The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...

File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so – but ...

For the most part, icon selection in OS X is straightforward and designed to be intuitive, but there are some situations where the selection behaviors change, notably between icon and the various list ...

Mac OS X supports a handful of common file systems—HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT, with read-only support for NTFS. It can do this because the file systems are supported by the OS X kernel. Formats such as ...

This is a bit of a departure for me in the Linux distribution review area because Redox OS isn't exactly a new Linux distribution. It's an experimental, UNIX-like, general-purpose, microkernel-based ...

In this article, we will discuss the features of the Resilient File System and learn how to enable or disable ReFS in the Windows Server and Windows 11 operating systems. We will also attempt to ...

Spotlight is a great tool for finding documents, music, and other files on your Mac, but it won't search for certain kinds of files. If you need to locate a specific hidden, packaged, or system file, ...

A bug in OS X 10.7.3 exposes legacy FileVault users, but there are some workarounds to prevent this from happening. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...