While you can manually enter the commands to edit files in Terminal editors, in OS X you can set up a service to open files in a desired terminal editor from the Finder's contextual menu. Topher ...

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion makes a conceptual leap away from the Mac's original focus on opening apps to create files, launching a new task-centric interface borrowed from iOS. Lion apps can also auto save ...

OK, so OSX is married to Quicktime (which is pretty much the most horrible video player ever IMO). I use VLC to open pretty much all my video files, but how can I make it the default program for ...

While I was researching an OS X Tips column for later this week, I came across a .sit file. Now, if you’ve been working with Macs as long as I have (my first Mac was a Performa 638 CD, just before ...

While you can use the Terminal to manage files in another user's account, you can also use the Finder to do so, without running into any permissions blocks. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an ...