If you can’t delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume on your Windows computer, you fall under one of the following cases. An Access Control List (ACL) is being used You can’t delete ...

If when attempting to copy files to a removable media like a flash drive or external HDD, and you encounter the copy operation error message The directory or file ...

This method of structuring files enables you to group sets of related files within directories. You can organize your files however you like. Directory File Structure illustrates the directory file ...

What are these weird directories, and why are they there? If you are new to the Linux command line, you may find yourself wondering why there are so many unusual directories, what they are there for, ...

As a child of the '80s, I grew up working with the DOS operating system. For those who might not be familiar with DOS, it was an acronym for Disk Operating System. The OS could fit onto a single ...

If you need to restore hidden files using Time Machine you may run into some problems revealing them. Here are some methods for addressing this in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid ...

The FileSystemWatcher class in the System.IO namespace can be used to monitor changes to the file system. It watches a file or a directory in your system for changes and triggers events when changes ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...