The Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation.

Users can group their shortcuts by hierarchy in a tree view or by program association. It keeps more frequently used items together. Users can also create shortcuts to quickly launch several items at ...

Changing the icons used by programs on your computer is a great way to customize your business computer and reflect your corporate personality on the desktop. Icons used by the executable files are ...

In old versions of OS X, you could simply drag any icon you wanted into the toolbar to add it. You can still do that, but as Macworld points out, you’ll need to ...

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how you can create shortcuts for your desired Google Drive files and folders on your Windows OS desktop. Once you are on that file/folder, click and hold on the lock ...

MacOS has a pretty robust search function, allowing you to easily find your files in the Finder app. However, it can be difficult to organize files inside folders, especially if you're used to other ...

OK I have searched through the forums to find a solution but have been unable to come up with any answers. This is my dilemma:<P>I am creating an installation interface for an old DOS program, which ...

To hide a folder, create the folder, right-click it, select "Properties," enable "Hidden," and choose Apply > OK. Create a shortcut to the folder, right-click it, select "Properties," click "Shortcut ...

For several years after its launch, one of the best and worst things about the iPad was that it was basically just a blown-up iPhone. This meant the device was extremely easy to use and intuitive, but ...

In iCloud Drive, the special application specific folders have an overlay of the application icon on top of the folder icon. A while back, I had an issue where the folder "lost" this overlay, showing ...

If the macOS desktop is looking a little boring, or is in need of a little more personalization than a change of background image, one solution could be to change how files, folders, and apps look.