The latest issues of the MDJ explore a continuing controversy with Mac OS X. While not a new controversy, a new feature in Mac OS X 10.1 brings it to the foreground again. The articles are too long to ...

Apple has released several new and revised Developer Release Notes. We post two examples below. Because of our recent coverage of the file name extensions vs. Type/Creator controversy, we offer an ...

A file extension is a suffix that is added to the end of a file name after a dot. It is usually two to four letters long. File extensions help Windows and other operating systems to know the standard ...

File extensions are a necessary evil. Most of the time, you want those extensions to stay out of sight, but occasionally it's useful to expose the extensions. If you're creating a batch file or a ...

This guide explains how to change the file extension in Windows 11. It also clarifies the distinction between file extensions and file types. Change a File Extension the Easy Way The simplest way to ...

New installations of Windows hide all file extensions, except for Windows components, that would appear in Explorer or an application dialog box that displays file names. File extensions are ...

New installations of Windows default to hiding the file extension when file names appear in Explorer windows and Open/Save dialog boxes in applications. However, this important element of the file ...

If you have a bunch of files in a folder which you want to name sequentially and convert to the same file type or format, how do you go about doing this? If it is just a few files, you can do it ...

QI've been migrating from a Mac to a Windows box. The files are not associating properly. AIf you create a file with one program, the operating system will assume that the file will always be opened ...