On the same day it released a new Android app, Google on Wednesday announced that Google Drive has received a new preview feature. You can now quickly preview more than 30 file types and flip between ...

It’s time for another grab bag, selected from the many questions I get from readers. In this week’s column, I look at some questions about font size in iTunes (spoiler: your options are limited), ...

Finding files of a particular kind in macOS is a breeze using Spotlight, whether as a search in a Finder window or by creating a smart folder. You can specify a file’s type by using the right syntax ...

In OS X, all file types have a default application that opens when you double click on them. If you double click on a PDF file or a PNG file, chances are that your Mac will open it in Preview, Apple’s ...

File extensions are the characters that precede the last period of a file name. It helps us find the type of file we are trying to open i.e. whether it is an audio file, video file, or simply a ...

Windows/Linux: If you've downloaded or received a file with an extension you don't recognize (or with no extension at all), TrID can analyze it and tell you what programs can open it. We've talked ...

Microsoft is adding some new features to SharePoint, its Stream business video service and OneDrive for Business-- all of which officials are talking up today at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference ...

When you first installed Microsoft Excel, it should have registered itself as the default program for opening compatible file types, such as .xlsx or .xls. Installing other spreadsheet programs may ...

Click Remove file association (User). The user-specific association for the chosen file type is now removed from the registry. The system will now use global file association settings. The Remove file ...