Learn where Downloads, Drive, Android, and Linux files actually live, plus the shortcuts that make the Files app much faster.

The Files app has some new tricks. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 let users reformat external drives as well as keep a copy of a file on iCloud permanently stored locally. Both ...

With documents increasingly having an all-digital flow from assignment to submission, Markup and the Files app in iOS and iPadOS are great for students. Here's how to get the most out of them.

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The Files app has grown a lot since its introduction in iOS 11. While it's not quite Finder on Mac, it's more than enough to get work done. When the Files app first debuted with iOS 11 in 2017, it was ...

In the beginning, Chromebooks weren’t really meant to manage files. It’s tough to even remember now, but in the earliest incarnation of Chrome OS, way back in the Paleolithic era of 2010, Chromebooks ...

In OS X, all file types have a default application that opens when you double click on them. If you double click on a PDF file or a PNG file, chances are that your Mac will open it in Preview, Apple’s ...

Finding downloaded files on your iPhone can sometimes be challenging, even with its efficient file management system. The process may feel unintuitive at first, but with the right steps, you can ...

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