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How to Count the Number of Files in a Directory in Linux

When you have a folder full of files, it can be difficult to find the exact file count. Learn how you can count the number of files in a directory in Linux.

By Ada Ivanova – Jul 29, 2017

How to Quickly Preview Files in Ubuntu Without Opening Them

Checking out a bunch of files and folders can be a tedious process. Here is a way to quickly preview files in Ubuntu without having to open them.

By Himanshu Arora – Oct 15, 2016

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How to Encrypt Your Files Before Uploading to the Cloud with Cryptomator

Cryptomator is an open source app that encrypts files before uploading to the cloud. Here’s how to use it to apply client-side encryption to cloud files.

By Himanshu Arora – Aug 19, 2016

How to Scan and Fix Corrupted Windows Files

How to Scan and Fix Corrupted Windows Files

If you’re having computer problems, there may be some bad files on your system. In this article you’ll learn to scan and fix corrupted Windows files.

By Vamsi Krishna – Jul 29, 2016

How to Find and Delete the Enhanced Dictation Files on Your Mac

Delete Enhanced Dictation Files and Free Up Storage Space on Your Mac

Do you use the dictation feature on your Mac? If not, that means the files are taking up valuable space. Here’s how to delete the enhanced dictation files.

By Mahesh Makvana – Jul 28, 2016

How to Open a File in Different Apps on Your Mac

How to Open a File in Different Apps on Your Mac

The Open With and Always Open With options on Mac are extremely useful because they allow you to open a file in different apps (or a single preferred app). Here’s how these features work.

By Mahesh Makvana – Jun 28, 2016

How to Access Android Files and Folders from Windows PC

How to Access Android Files on Windows PC

Want to access Android files from a Windows computer? Here’s how you can do so.

By Vamsi Krishna – Mar 1, 2016

The Easiest Way To Batch Rename Files In Mac

The Easiest Way to Batch Rename Files in Mac with NameChanger

It’s impossible to rename hundreds of files one by one individually. For Mac users, one of the recommended file renaming tools to batch rename files is NameChanger. Check it out.

By Jeffry Thurana – Jan 5, 2016

How To Directly Delete Files Faster in OS X El Capitan

How to Delete Files Faster in OS X El Capitan

Starting with OS X El Capitan, Apple has introduced a new method that lets you skip the trash can while deleting files from within Finder. Check it out.

By Shujaa Imran – Nov 26, 2015

How to Remove the Time Stamp From Screenshot File Names on Your Mac

How to Remove the Time Stamp From Screenshot File Names on Your Mac

Do you wish for a way to remove the lengthy time stamp from screenshot file names on your Mac? Keep reading to find out how..

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 17, 2015

How to Locate Recently Modified Files in Windows When You Forgot Their Names

How to Locate Recently Modified Files in Windows When You Forgot Their Names

If you forget the name of a recently modified file in Windows but remember when it was modified, you can find it by launching a search. Here’s how.

By Adrian Gavrila – Jul 26, 2015

How to Easily Request and Collect Files With Anyone on the Web in Dropbox

How to Easily Request and Collect Files with Anyone on the Web in Dropbox

Do you use Dropbox? If so, did you know that you can collect all the files you need from others in one convenient folder by sending them a link? Here’s how.

By Khamosh Pathak – Jul 24, 2015

Change the Colour of File Names in Windows

Change the Colour of File Names in Windows

Are you looking for ways to change the color of the file name in Windows? This is possible, albeit limited. Here’s the step-by-step guide.

By Paul Ferson – Apr 19, 2015

What Is The thumb.db File?

By tannergodarzi – Apr 23, 2011

Configuring Places, Bookmarks, and Locations in KDE

By Tavis J. Hampton – Dec 15, 2010

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When Apple shipped iOS 12 in June 2018, a small feature called Screen Time slipped onto every iPhone with a counter nobody had quite prepared for — a tally of pickups — and within a day Tim Cook was telling CNN the number of times he picked up his own phone was simply too many

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When NASA lost contact with the IMAGE satellite in 2005, an amateur radio operator in Canada named Scott Tilley picked up its signal in January 2018 while hunting for a classified spy satellite, and the spacecraft turned out to be still spinning, still powered, and still trying to phone home after 13 years of silence.

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The original iPhone Steve Jobs unveiled in January 2007 could not record video, could not copy and paste text, could not run a single third-party app, and could only reach the internet over 2G — and Jobs spent ninety minutes on stage at Macworld arguing, one missing feature at a time, that every absence was actually a design decision.

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In 1965, Joe Sutter’s Boeing team began shaping the 747 around a future they thought would belong to supersonic jets, lifting the cockpit onto a hump so the nose could open for cargo once the giant subsonic passenger plane had outlived its brief moment

Jun 8, 2026

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Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory.

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