Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

You can set up your Microsoft Office applications to show more of your recently opened files. You can also cover your tracks by keeping them hidden. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

Left to its own devices, the Dock on your Mac is little more than a list of running apps, plus a trash can. You probably already know that you can force apps to stick around in the Dock for ...

Microsoft Outlook 2016 has this really handy feature for adding attachments. When you click Attach File it lists the most recent documents you worked on regardless of which program you used. It can be ...

Readers offer their best tips for opening recent documents in Windows programs, keeping your password manager a secret, and keeping your car stereo from getting stolen. Every day we receive boatloads ...

The old rainbow Apple menu had a function that let you find recent documents, along with the ability to place folders in it for quick and easy access. This was replaced in Mac OS X with stacks, a ...

Microsoft Word contains a Recent Documents list that enables you to quickly find and open documents that were recently closed. This feature saves you the trouble of navigating to the document each ...

Mac only: Get a dynamic list of recently accessed files using Smart Folders in OS X. MacWorld magazine explains how: Create a smart folder in the Finder by selecting File -> New Smart Folder, or by ...

Autosave is a highly useful macOS feature that prevents losing incremental changes to a document you’re working on between the periods when you press Command-S or choose File > Save. As you work away, ...

You probably already know about the search box in the Help menu of virtually every Mac application. When you type some text in that box, the app will show you a list of entries in its help files that ...

A trove of secret Pentagon documents has surfaced online in recent weeks. The FBI arrested Jack Teixeira, an airman in the National Guard, in connection with the leak on Thursday. Ex-military and ...