The way Macs do it may seem off to newer users, but OS X does allow both copy/paste, and cut/paste actions for files. The second is quicker and less-known—by using the mouse and the Option key.

Moving important files around your PC will hopefully soon be a lot easier thanks to a new Windows update from Microsoft. The company has unveiled an upgraded copy/move system for user files across its ...

Google is updating Drive on the web with useful keyboard shortcuts to make managing your files much simpler. Fortunately, the key combos are pretty standard and align with modern file browsers, but ...

Copying material from the internet into your Excel spreadsheet can be easy. Or pretty difficult. It all depends on what exactly you're trying to copy and how you would like it to appear in your ...

Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

Professional photographers use cropping tools to cut away parts of images they don't want. You can do the same thing using your scanner and the Windows Fax and Scan cropping tool. If you need only a ...

If your VMWare installation and the guest OS meet the requirement, you can enable the Copy & Paste feature that works using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + C and Ctrl ...