You know those times when you want to upload a new photo to, say, Facebook or Pinterest? The typical browser-based upload tool forces you to click through countless ...

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 ...

Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

Knowing how to obtain a file path in macOS Sonoma quickly is a significant time-saver, particularly for professionals who regularly manage files and folders. Here's how to do it. File paths are ...

One of my favorite Hyper-V features is its ability to copy a file directly from a host server to a virtual machine (VM) without having to leverage the network stack. This capability is useful in ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. This Docker copy (cp) command takes a file that exists inside a Docker container and saves it to ...

At times, you might need to create a link to a file or folder on Windows 11/10 PC. If so, you can follow this article to find out how you can get the hyperlink or path of a specific folder or file in ...

When you need to know when a file or folder appears, disappears or is renamed -- in fact, if almost anything at all happens in the file system -- you can have Windows notify your application so that ...

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 ...