When you double-click a file on your Mac, the operating system will automatically open the file using the program assigned to that type of file. It is possible, though, to open the file using another ...

Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

We've posted the first installment in a three-part tutorial covering invisible files under Mac OS X. Written by Ted Landau, the first segment is entitled "What makes a file invisible in OS X?" An ...

When you open files that have a particular file extension, Windows will look at its configuration to determine what the default program should be in order to work with these files. The default program ...

Many times we want to open more than one app, website, etc. at once. If you are looking for a solution that can help you open multiple files, folders, apps, URLs, etc. at once, you can check out this ...

When Microsoft rolled out Office 2013, the productivity suite promised to be deeply integrated with the cloud. And as long as you were invested in Microsoft services such as OneDrive, it was. But ...

A compressed version of files, popularly known as zipped files are convenient but also prone to errors. So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware ...

How to automatically open a Microsoft 365 app or file when you launch your computer Your email has been sent If you’re like me, you work in the same Microsoft 365 ...

How to Use Settings to Open Microsoft 365 Files in Desktop Apps Your email has been sent Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting that lets you determine whether to work in an online or desktop ...

If you use Microsoft Excel on your Mac, you can save the spreadsheets you create and open them in Numbers, Apple’s spreadsheet app. It’s a handy feature to use in case you can’t access Microsoft’s ...