Because of its Unix heritage, Mac OS X is a true multi-user operating system from the ground up. Yet some people have used Mac OS X for many months without fully realizing what this means -- as the ...

Documents and files created using a Windows Guest account can easily be retrieved via Windows File Explorer. While your Guest account cannot access other Windows users' documents, files stored in the ...

While you can use the Terminal to manage files in another user's account, you can also use the Finder to do so, without running into any permissions blocks. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an ...

This post features solutions to fix this data file is associated with a mail account OST file error on Outlook. This error can occur when a user fails to delete an ...

This is a fairly simple and useful trick to score yourself a gigabyte's worth of free online file storage. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use it as a central file server that is ...

In a recent column about making the most of Migration Assistant I made the off-hand remark that it’s no big deal to move files from one account on your Mac to another. This caused concern from at ...

Microsoft Office Outlook maintains everything in a data file, also called PST or OST file. It is an offline copy of mailbox data stored on a local PC. In case of issues, you must delete the data file ...

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