There have been periodic reports of people having problems with items on the desktop disappearing, particularly on MacBook computers that have been connected to external displays. Topher, an avid Mac ...

Dell computers with the Windows operating system offer two distinct options for making desktop items smaller. The first entails converting your desktop icons to "Classic" icons, while the other ...

Windows 8 provides several ways to increase or decrease the size of the items on your desktop. If all you want to do is change the size of your desktop shortcut icons, you can use your mouse wheel or ...

Pretty much all reviewers seem to agree Stage Manager is a big miss. The new multitasking mode is not intuitive and is more confusing than using Mission Control, Spaces, and the tried-and-true ...

Your desktop, whether Windows 11 or macOS, is the handiest spot for the applications, files, and folders you use most. Maybe you’d like to organize your desktop icons by placing some in a folder. Or ...

Apple has long provided the ability to create desktop aliases in macOS by Command-Option dragging. Here's how to do it from the macOS Dock. Given most macOS desktop items such as files, apps, disk ...

If you regularly use your desktop to organize files, then you might benefit from creating a custom image to manage your workflow. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...