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macOS's Finder gets the job done, but for power users and anyone craving more efficient file management, it often falls short. While there is no shortage of Finder alternatives on Mac, Path Finder ...

Do you know that you can only have 260 characters in a path on Windows 11/10? If you are having issues with this limitation and searching for a way to enable Win32 Long Paths, this is the guide for ...

There are several ways to open a typed file path in OS X so you can manage the resources contained within them. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

A common request I see from readers, both via email and in the Macworld forums , is for a way to copy the path of a file—for example, /System/Library/CoreServices ...