A Unix file name that begins with a period, which designates the file as hidden from normal view. In Unix, the ls command displays the file names in the current folder. The -a switch shows the hidden ...

In Snow Leopard, some people have had problems with the Finder's archive process, where it will pause indefinitely and fail to complete the compression. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

Mac guy Rob Griffiths points out a few brand new command line utilities in Leopard, like the handy dot_clean command, which sweeps away Mac system files that start with a dot and annoy the hell out of ...