OS X contains a number of hidden utilities that are generally accessed via System Preferences, but which can also be launched and used independently. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

There's something inside your PC that's quietly gobbling up space. It's not evil. But just a hidden Windows folder that can ...

Primary Storage or Partition, where Windows is installed, is a location for many software programs, including system recovery. While these files are folders are usually hidden, but if you manage to ...

Did you somehow accidentally delete a system file or folder in Windows 11/10? And if so, are you not able to open Settings or reboot your computer? Sometimes, we may end up deleting a file wrongly ...

For instance, Windows has the Storage Sense feature that automatically deletes temporary files and other unimportant data.

A while ago I saw someone espousing the virtues of c:\tools. This is a folder on your computer (and in your PATH) that contains all those handy (usually self-contained) executables that you either run ...

A few weeks ago, I answered a reader question about “inherited permissions,” or how to deal with a shared folder that multiple people use via file serving on a regular Mac, not one running macOS ...

With a newly installed Windows PC, only a few system services and programs start. The resource requirements are correspondingly low and the operating system responds ...

Is your aging PC acting a bit out of sorts? Perhaps it's slower than it was when you first bought it, or maybe not quite as reliable as it was during its youth? These are signs of old age. But don't ...