Learn where Downloads, Drive, Android, and Linux files actually live, plus the shortcuts that make the Files app much faster.

Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

Managing files across different cloud services can be tedious. You’re stuck downloading, editing, and re-uploading documents or constantly switching between apps ...

Running out of Google Drive storage space? See how simple steps like file conversion, compression, ownership changes, and ...

Unstructured data is huge – in all senses. There is lots of it, and file or object sizes can be large. Go back just a decade and the predominant method of storage for unstructured data would have been ...

File backups can be useful in situations where your files become corrupted or inaccessible or when your local storage space on PCs or mobile devices eventually runs out. In such situations, you can ...

The next quarterly Android 16 update will significantly improve file access for the Linux Terminal app. Currently, the Linux virtual machine is limited to accessing only the phone’s Downloads folder.