Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Finder is the default file manager for macOS that features an intuitive interface to simplify file, directory, and disk management operations on your Mac. In addition, it also includes a few extra ...

Hello, I am very new here and hoping I could tap into the fantastic Ars hivemind. I am thinking about moving away from Gmail. Before doing this, I wish to transfer and save all my Gmail e-mails ...

This week we tackle some of your storage questions, including consolidating, de-duplication, and management. Reader Jon writes that he has a pile of partly full external USB drives formatted for use ...

Time Machine is a simple and generally effective way to make an ongoing archive of a Mac’s files and folder structure. But it’s only a single copy of your data. The same goes for third-party apps that ...

Disk Drill offers two modes of data protection: Guaranteed Recovery, which safeguards particular folders, and Recovery Vault, which protects the disk. Unfortunately, for customers with solid-state ...