One of the great things about OS X is that it’s like the real world. You store your files in folders; when you don’t want something, you put it in the Trash. But on your Mac, a folder isn’t really ...

The free and open source photo-editing program called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a nice alternative to the subscription-based or boxed versions of its competition (including PhotoShop).

Many video compression programs like Sorenson Squeeze let you create watch folders to automatically launch compression jobs. The idea behind it is easy: drop a video into the assigned watch folder and ...