When you're unable to move or copy a file because it's write-protected, your problem may stem from a number of causes. If the file is in use by Windows or an application, the file remains locked until ...

Backing up your hard drive and freeing up disk space are common reasons to move or copy files and programs. Copying a directory or all of the files associated with a program is easy to do in Windows 8 ...

You know those times when you want to upload a new photo to, say, Facebook or Pinterest? The typical browser-based upload tool forces you to click through countless ...

Secure Copy is a UNIX standard used to transfer files from one computer to another. He's how to use the function in macOS, all via the Terminal window. Before personal computers, there were mainframe ...

Third-party programs are widely used on Windows and other operating systems. But how can you tell if a program is safe to install or not? How can you be so sure that the program file you are going to ...

Unable to delete, move, or perform any action on a file because it is locked by a process? Find out which process is locking a file in Windows 11/10 using various methods discussed in this article.

You can use the macOS Finder's Copy command to copy and paste files. But here's how to use the same command to copy file icons into Preview. You've probably used the macOS Finder's popup contextual ...

Sometimes it's very useful to be able to copy a snapshot or image of your Windows computer. You can do this by using either the Snipping tool or PrintScreen. While the Snipping tool will create a ...

In macOS, you can copy a file or folder to another location in Finder with ease. Simply right-click (or Ctrl-click) the item and select Copy from the shortcut menu, then navigate to the location where ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. This Docker copy (cp) command takes a file that exists inside a Docker container and saves it to ...