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 ...

In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start using ...

When Disk Probe initially loads, it's not set to look at any files or partitions, so you'll have to tell the program which file, disk, or partition you want to work with. Let's begin by examining a ...

TechRepublic Tutorial: Add file types to Windows’ New command menu Your email has been sent Add new file types to the New commands menu simply by creating a document template with your application ...

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 ...

Windows 7 hides certain files so that they are not able to be seen when you exploring the files on your computer. The files it hides are typically Windows 7 System files that if tampered with could ...