The default file-sharing protocol for OS X is Apple's "Apple Filing Protocol" (AFP) service, which is the primary service enabled when you select File Sharing in the system preferences. Enabling this ...

News about the new release of OS X, “Mavericks,” is trickling out as developers and other WWDC attendees post information about it to the Internet. However, hidden a bit down in Apple’s OS X Mavericks ...

File Buddy X 7.0b11 is the latest OS X update to this desktop and file/folder editing and task tool. The new version better handles a delay when displaying a file list window. Key Xing 1.1 launches ...

It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...

We hear a lot about single-instance storage; single-instance backup. When you start backing up operating system (OS) files, you will have the same .DLL, for example, on each of your Windows servers -- ...

Lana Y. writes in with a problem related to getting rid of files in OS X. Like many people, she wants to use Trash as a way station and then opt to empty trash later. Instead, she notes (along with ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android apps generally work well on Chrome OS these days, but there ...