If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Heather VanMouwerik is a PhD candidate in Russian History at the University of California, Riverside and the Congressman George Brown Graduate Intern for the Special Collections at Rivera Library.

Your computer's hard drive uses a system of folders to help organize the tens of thousands of files on it. A folder is not a file itself, but contains files such as word-processing documents, videos ...

Q: I am an accountant, and organization of my paper and digital information is very important to me. I need to be able to retrieve stuff even years after it was created. Most of my work and personal ...

The only words more terrifying to an average PC user than “Blue Screen of Death” are “spring cleaning.” Admit it: Sitting back and dumping file after file into your computer without bothering to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you want a Mac with a clean desktop, where all your many files are orderly and easy to find, then you're going to have to get comfortable using ...

The Macintosh operating system has a quick and convenient way to organize files by type. Business users that are used to using Windows systems simply need to learn the terminology used on a Macintosh ...

Windows: I wouldn’t be surprised if you have have folders upon folders of photographs that you swear you’ll get to sorting “someday.” For me, that day was this weekend. For whatever reason, I felt ...