However, in late 2025, while searching for Windows tools to automate boring tasks, I came across DropIt, an open-source ...

If you need to keep an identical set of files and folders on two different computers or on other disks, or in different locations, file and folder synchronization utilities will help you do so easily.

Chances are your computer's desktop and other folders aren't cluttered because you like it that way, but because you don't want to spend time organizing every file that hits your hard drive. Automate ...

In this week’s installment, the iTunes Guy looks at renaming files, syncing iOS devices wirelessly, matching music ripped from vinyl, and a couple of questions about tags and file names. Q: I’ve set ...

If you have some beat-up old file folders on hand, it's simple to turn them into sturdy, fabric-covered accordion files to organize receipts, backup disks, and other important items. You can make them ...

When Apple Music was released just over a year ago, Apple also debuted iCloud Music Library, a way of storing your iTunes library in the cloud. There were two ways to seed the cloud, either with ...

For the past few months, I've been working with my two longtime partners, Carl Siechert and Craig Stinson, on a new book, Windows 10 Inside Out. It's off to the printer this week and should be ...