When managing hard drive upgrades or replacements, sometimes you might run into permissions problems when attempting to access data on the older drive. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

If you would like to verify two copies of files or two mirrored directories, there are some Terminal commands that will let you do just that. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

When you need to move files quickly between two Apple devices, AirDrop is an incredibly useful tool. It started out as a Mac-to-Mac thing, and then iPhone-to-iPhone, but with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, ...

/:16 One of the key features missing from Mac OS X is the ability to cut and paste files in the Finder; you can only copy and paste. With two handy Automator Services, though, you can do either ...

Preview, Apple's simple, utilitarian image and PDF viewer, offers insight into how the company plans to deeply integrate iCloud into apps and simplify and improve file management in general in this ...

In a recent column about making the most of Migration Assistant I made the off-hand remark that it’s no big deal to move files from one account on your Mac to another. This caused concern from at ...