I'm confused. I name files/folders for the month and year of when I submit a rebate to keep track of which ones have processed. So, for example, I will have a scan (PDF say) or folder named ...

Because I was having difficulty getting the Vista search to do what I wanted (probably more my fault than Vista’s), I turned to a Groovy solution for finding files with $ in their name.

MacOS allows you to hide files and folders by adding a simple period (.) to the file name. This can be handy if you want to share your MacBook with others and hide personal folders that other users ...

File names on Linux systems can be as long as 255 characters. While determining which files in a directory have the longest names might not be the most exciting task at hand, doing this with a script ...

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If you have to collect a number of files in the same folder, but want to title them in a more orderly fashion, you need to learn how to master renaming files in macOS. Sometimes, if you are putting ...

You may have noticed that at times when renaming or creating a file, Windows gives a warning stating – There is already a file with the same name as the folder name you specified. Because of this, you ...