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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

First, open Windows Settings by pressing Windows+1 on the keyboard. You can also rick-click the Start button and choose Settings from the menu. In Settings, select "Apps" in the sidebar and choose ...

Mac OS X computers use a default application to open every file type based on its file extension. If you don't want to use the default application when opening a file, you can select "Open With" from ...

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 ...

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 ...