Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

In this post, we will show you how to find out the file system of a drive on a Windows 11/10 PC. There are various file system types with distinct characteristics and features. While some file systems ...

Spotlight is Apple's smart search indexer for macOS. Here's how to use its metadata utilities to get more information about your documents. Spotlight runs in the background on your Mac or iOS device ...

Apple was the first computer company to make networked file sharing easy. Decades after introducing that feature on the Mac, it’s less important in an era of cloud storage. Unless you’re on a ...

On Windows 11, you can use the New Technology File System (NTFS) lightweight file compression feature to shrink the size of files to save space without manual compression and decompression, which is ...

The chances are that at one point or the other, everyone has tried to format their USB drive in NTFS. Although, by default, Windows doesn’t allow the USB stick in the NTFS file system, it’s always ...

Everyone has to deal with File Explorer. It is, after all, the Windows feature you use to get around the file system, organize data, copy and move folders, access external drives, and more. Over the ...

How to use Unison to sync files on Linux machines across a network Your email has been sent With Linux there are so many ways to synchronize and/or backup files over a network. For many, rsync and scp ...

The often overlooked Xcode FileMerge app lets you spot what's changed between two files. Here's how to spot the differences using the tool. Most developers of Apple software are familiar with Apple's ...

We have looked at the fuser command before to display information about what users or processes are keeping file systems busy. This command can save you a lot of time tracking when you need to quickly ...

How to scan and repair corrupted system files in Windows 11 Your email has been sent One inescapable truth of using computer technology is that eventually, and probably inexplicably, it will fail you ...

When you connect a mechanical hard drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD), or external USB storage to Windows 10, the system usually sets it up automatically. However, there are times when the new drive ...