The Applications folder is a powerful element of the OS X interface -- there's a lot of benefit and possibility in keeping all of the Applications on your Mac in just one or two places. Below: the ...

After running your system for a while and installing various tools, utilities, and other programs on your system, you may find two Applications folders on your system. The main one will hold most of ...

From just using Command-Q to entering Terminal commands, there are a surprising number of ways to quit an app — and, at times, we need them all. Here's how to get rid of an app that just won't quit.

Illustrator CS only works properly in "Applications" folder Like a number of other Mac OS X titles, Adobe's Illustrator CS only functions properly when it is located inside the "Applications" folder ...

In the Mac’s earliest days, its key differentiator was a heavy reliance on the mouse and a desktop metaphor. Although other systems existed with windows and pointers, the vast majority of computers ...

Lots of applications—including Microsoft Office, Final Cut Express, and Steam—like to create their own User Data folders in your Documents folder. If you like to keep your Documents folder relatively ...

Changing to a new default documents folder in Mac OS X is simply a matter of creating a new folder inside your Home Directory. This can be useful when your Documents folder becomes crowded or, for ...

Whether you are trying to free up storage space or just want to tidy up your system, uninstalling apps on a Mac is a straightforward process. In many cases, removing an application is as simple as ...

When you are doing work for your business on a Mac, you can organize your files and applications inside folders on the desktop. If you need information about a folder, you can easily open a window ...

There are many ways to organize files in folders within Finder, but possibly one of the handiest is to sort files by the application that will open them. AppleInsider shows how to enable this Finder ...