Of all the "under the hood" components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

Hi all,<BR><BR>I'm a loyal mac user who is trying to program something for both macs and PCs. Does anyone know what files on Windows are analogous to the preferences files on the MacOS, I've been ...

Some files force programs to perform operations that require administrator rights. As an example, if you received a ZIP file containing several business spreadsheets ...

Apps opening automatically from Chrome is supposed to be a convenience—but sometimes it’s just annoying. Dealing with an intrusive iTunes window when you just wanted to see an app screenshot can be ...

Often while working on your Windows 11/10 computer, you may come across CFG extension files. One may perceive these files to be complicated in nature, and they are so. Files with a CFG or a CONFIG ...

There have been cases reported where the Settings app in Windows 11 or Windows 10 does not work for some users. Here are a few troubleshooting steps you may want to try to see if something helps you.

In this installment of our continuing series on preferences (.plist) files, we finally delve into the details of how to interpret and edit .plist files. I'll be primarily showing you how to do make ...