Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

When you delete a file or directory on your Mac, it goes to the Trash without using the Option + Command + Delete keyboard shortcut. While it’s in the Trash, it remains there as long as you don’t ...

You can delete files on a Chromebook in just a few steps, but once you delete them, you will not be able to recover those files. It's a good idea to back up your files to your Google Drive before ...

Mac OS X has a simple method for managing trashed items: The user selects a file to be deleted, sends it to the trash, and then empties the trash. The only additional feature built into OS X is the ...

I frequently use flash drives for backup and to transfer files from one computer to another. I often want to delete one or two files from a flash drive without emptying the trash. Is there any way to ...

Picture this scenario: you’ve got a flash drive and there are files on it. There are also files on it that are in its Trash folder. You also have a Mac with files ...

OS X Hints reader AlbertHall found a simple—if counterintuitive—way to retrieve items you want to pull out of the Trash: Open the Trash folder, select the item or items that you want to retrieve and ...