I’ve been revamping my digital filing system to contain digital desktop clutter and find files more efficiently. If you, too, have files scattered across your hard drive or in the cloud, try ...

PowerRename helped me streamline my file organization with batch renaming, text formatting, and automatic numbering.

Then I have two small files for documents: One for receipts and check stubs; one for "important" papers. Everything else gets shoved in a closet. This is key.

The key to cleaning up your files is to put everything somewhere. The easiest way is to organize by time, and specifically by year. So, make yourself a few folders called 2025, 2024, 2023, and so on.

Plex makes it easy to organize any (non-DRM) movies and TV shows saved to your hard drive, and stream them across your devices. Plex works even better when your files are named properly.

In macOS, tags provide you with an alternative way to organize your files and folders, and can make items in Finder easier to locate. To tag a file in Finder, simply right-click (or Ctrl-click) it ...

Show transcript Hazel is a really useful utility that we recently reviewed. It’s a great tool if you have a lot of files and folders to manage and keep organized. It installs itself as a ...