Keep your sensitive files private with this step-by-step guide to creating hidden, invisible folders on both Windows and ...

Sometimes you might receive an error while trying to change and save the contents of a Read-only text file and you never realize it until the text editor itself ...

Apple's iCloud file storage service is a handy way to store and share files, but it can remove important file attributes during sync. Here's how to fix that. Apple's macOS and some other operating ...

If you want to enable case-sensitive attributes for folders in Windows 11 or Windows 10, you can follow this step-by-step guide. Here is a way, involving Command Prompt or Terminal to enable or ...

A file access classification that determines how a file can be viewed or whether it can be edited. File attributes are maintained in the file system's directories, and typical attributes are Read-Only ...

Making a file read-only in Windows means you or a colleague are less likely to delete or change it accidentally. This can be helpful if you don't want any unintended changes to client contracts or ...

Nested conditionals, new actions, and other tweaks make a great utility even better. The Mac OS may have evolved dramatically over the years, but one thing hasn’t changed much: the process of managing ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

So I thought, hmmm, I think I want to encrypt the folder with tax returns and the like on my X drive. Folder, attributes, advanced, encrypt, viola, done! So then I wanted to copy them to my notebook ...

Apologies if this is a common question: How do you convert MP3 files where the band and album are filesystem folder attributes (NTFS)? Folder/ Band Album Song1.MP3 Band1 Album1 Song2.MP3 Band2 Album2 ...

A lot of information is available about individual files on a Unix system. For example, the ls -l command will display the permissions matrix and ls -i will display a file’s inode. But, if we want to ...