Clutter can sneak up on you — one screenshot here, an app icon there — and one day you wake up to your Mac desktop looking ...

Creating folders is a great way to organize all the files on your Mac and keep things tidy, especially if you just updated your Mac. But after a while, a stockpile of folders is no better than a ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you want a Mac with a clean desktop, where all your many files are orderly and easy to find, then you're going to have to get comfortable using ...

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 ...

A bootable Mac OS X thumb drive comes in handy when you need to troubleshoot OS issues for yourself, your family, or your friends. It’s also extremely useful for keeping your basic setup consistent ...

When you are working with an item on your Mac, such as a file, folder or mounted drive, you can create an alias to it that does not contain the word "alias." All new Macs running the OS X operating ...