Tap your Android phone's "Menu" button, and then tap "Add." Tap "New Folder." The folder now appears on your home screen. Tap and hold the folder, and then drag it to the desired home screen location.

One of the oldest and most used features on Windows is the ability to create shortcuts to files and programs stored on your PC. Creating a shortcut is not the same thing as moving the program or file ...

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.

There are some files, folders, apps and disks that you might want to access regularly but that are quite fiddly to get to. That’s where an alias can come in handy, allowing you to create a shortcut ...

Reader Jim has a documents folder that he uses regularly, and wants to know if there’s a way to pin it to the Taskbar for fast and easy access. (He also notes that he loves Hassle-Free PC, indicating ...

I'm the sole Mac user in a Windows-based company, and all of our files are stored in a collection of Windows Server shares in a whole bunch of relatively organized directories. We frequently include ...

Shortcuts isn’t just about asking Siri to help out when a cop pulls you over, or shutting your home down for the night. Shortcuts can also be little utilities that you use on your files, adding ...

As well as bringing much-need organization to Shortcuts, the new iOS 14 option for folders has benefits for how you can use widgets, too. You will never hear us say a bad word against Shortcuts on ...

The Windows user interface is very mouse-oriented, but if you're willing to learn a few shortcuts, the keyboard can save you time and effort. These are some of the shortcuts I use daily. The most ...