There have been periodic reports of people having problems with items on the desktop disappearing, particularly on MacBook computers that have been connected to external displays. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Pretty much all reviewers seem to agree Stage Manager is a big miss. The new multitasking mode is not intuitive and is more confusing than using Mission Control, Spaces, and the tried-and-true ...

Dell computers with the Windows operating system offer two distinct options for making desktop items smaller. The first entails converting your desktop icons to "Classic" icons, while the other ...

Apple has long provided the ability to create desktop aliases in macOS by Command-Option dragging. Here's how to do it from the macOS Dock. Given most macOS desktop items such as files, apps, disk ...

macOS Sonoma brings widgets to the Mac desktop, but maybe you don't want to see them every time you click. Upgraded to macOS Sonoma? You probably noticed by now that clicking on your Mac’s desktop ...

If you regularly use your desktop to organize files, then you might benefit from creating a custom image to manage your workflow. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Most of the time, I’m busy ferreting out the latest in freshly-minted bugs so that I can report them to you here. Every once in a while, however, it pays to take a look back at a bug that has stood up ...

Your desktop, whether Windows 11 or macOS, is the handiest spot for the applications, files, and folders you use most. Maybe you’d like to organize your desktop icons by placing some in a folder. Or ...

On renaming a file, folder or shortcut on the Windows 7 desktop, if you find that it disappears, and reappears only after you refresh the desktop, then you might want to check out the reason. This ...

Commentary - IT departments are continuously changing their desktop infrastructure following requests for new functionality, cost savings and overall quality improvements (e.g. integrity and ...