Though you can’t remove Finder from your Mac entirely, you can install alternatives and choose to use them instead. Apple’s own file manager has plenty going for it, but it’s a little light on ...

The Finder has the option to view file previews and thumbnails, which can be seen both in the document itself as well as the "get info" window for documents. However, for some users, documents that ...

This has happened hundreds of times in my experience, even mostly on my SSD startup volume. The workaround, as I've found, is to do a Cmd+C of the "new name" right after finishing typing it. Whether ...

MacOS allows you to hide files and folders by adding a simple period (.) to the file name. This can be handy if you want to share your MacBook with others and hide personal folders that other users ...

Finding files of a particular kind in macOS is a breeze using Spotlight, whether as a search in a Finder window or by creating a smart folder. You can specify a file’s type by using the right syntax ...

January 15, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Mac only: One convenient Windows feature missing in OS X is the ability to quickly create a new text file in ...

On Mac computers, there are two dates displayed in Finder: the date the file was created and the date it was last modified. When you download a file or create a new ...