Microsoft's PowerToys suite is home to many useful tools, and my favorites are usually the ones that help me organize my apps and windows, like FancyZones and Workspaces. However, there's quite a bit ...

Much like batch resizing images, which is cumbersome, and therefore, calls for easier ways to resize multiple images at once, renaming images (or other files) is another tedious process on Windows ...

A few years back, someone gave me a collection of IT training videos on DVD. At least some of the information on those DVDs is still relevant, but DVD drives are in short supply these days. As such, I ...

Dropbox is adding new automation features for your files and folders in a bid to remove the hassle of organizing them by hand. Typically, when you create a folder and add files to it, the onus is on ...

To rename a group of files with a single command, use the rename command. It requires the use of regular expressions and can tell you what changes will be made before making them. For decades, Linux ...

If you use the Finder to rename lots of files, and you use column or list view mode, you’re probably well aware of what I call the “jumping files” problem. Say you’re renaming a series of images from ...

If you deal with lots of files (and who doesn’t?), chances are you’ve occasionally run into problems with their names. Say you’ve got a series of image files with less-than-descriptive titles (such as ...

If you cannot rename a file and get Can’t find the specified file error while renaming a file or folder in Windows 11/10, here is how you can fix the issue. It is ...

The audio player in the car will play songs on a USB drive and actually shows track numbers - but will NOT play or sort songs in a folder/album by track number. Apparently the fix is to add track ...