If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

Smart Folders are a built-in feature that can automate file organization. Create rules inside them to collect specific file types based on their type or contents. It takes some experimentation but you ...

You don’t have to. Thanks to full-bodied e-mail programs, online backup, software add-ons, and search tools like Google Desktop that work equally well for small company computer networks or individual ...

Is your computer cluttered with clips of the kids, videos of your cat, and other miscellaneous slices of life? Learn how to organize and archive those files like the pros with these best practices.

Heather VanMouwerik is a PhD candidate in Russian History at the University of California, Riverside and the Congressman George Brown Graduate Intern for the Special Collections at Rivera Library.

Having a single starting point for all of your files can make them easier to find. Computers that use Microsoft Windows are equipped with a My Documents folder, which can be useful. You can also ...

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If you’re one of the millions of people largely stuck at home during the COVID-19 outbreak, you may be trying to pass the time by cleaning up your house or your yard. But it’s also a good time to get ...