It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The ...

Windows 11/10 includes a new feature called Compact OS. Using the built-in compact.exe tool, you can reduce the size of the operating system & run it from compressed files, similar to WIMBoot. This ...

Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

What this means is that the deleted file is not fully gone and can still be recovered. It's only when the data is overwritten ...

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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 ...

There are a few new file systems coming out for Linux these days, bringing some badly needed features for both servers and desktops. I'll briefly describe some of the key ReiserFS features and discuss ...

HFS+ v. APFS: Which Apple File System is Better? Your email has been sent Apple's newest file system, APFS, has modern advancements over the antiquated HFS+, but how does its pros and cons stack up in ...

With Apple's licensing of Microsoft's exFAT file system, it seems like we finally have a good option for OS X and Windows disk swapping. Dave Girard spent some time investigating the appeal, the ...