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If there's one default application that comes with any operating system out of the box, it's a file manager. But whether it's Windows Explorer or the OS X Finder, your operating system's default file...

Computers are an essential part of both our work and personal lives, which means that most of us spend a lot of time on more than one computer every day. Working from multiple computers can be a...

There are two things that stand in the way for most of us when we put off setting up backups for our hard drive. The first is motivation, but if you're already reading Lifehacker, we'll assume you...

With all the files and other data that's flowing in and out of your computer every day, it doesn't take much for your PC to turn into a bit of a mess. As a result, there's no shortage of PC...

You've got gigabytes of music, movies, and other media stored on your computer, but without a solid media player to manage it all, you'd be drowning in digital media. That's why for this week's Hive...

April 15th may seem like a long trip around the calendar, but there's nothing worse than getting there and realizing you haven't kept a close enough eye on your finances. Nobody likes the extra...

When we ran our start page showdown last year, we found that there's little that Lifehacker readers are more passionate about than their browser's start page. There are countless start pages...

There was a time in the not-so-distant past that launching a new application was a tedious, unpleasant task. Luckily, thanks to a handful of fast and powerful application launchers, our days of...

If you spend any amount of time on the web, you're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't found a decent RSS newsreader to keep on top of your favorite web sites. If you aren't using one, it's...

Once upon a time, if you wanted to access or share a file over the internet, you either had to have your own web server to upload it to or hope the file was small enough to sneak in under your email...

You don't have to be a programmer to appreciate the joys of plain text, and there's no better way to wrangle your text files than a solid text editor. Plain text files are appealing because they're...

In the 21st century, the majority of our correspondence takes place digitally, which means easier, faster, and more efficient communication with our contacts. But the proliferation of digital...

There was once a time when ripping and backing up DVDs was limited to those with hours to spend weeding through convoluted tutorials and difficult-to-use software. Today, a handful of full-featured,...

In the past few years, David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology has boosted the productivity of many a convert. The more popular GTD got—especially with the tech crowd—the more...

Once upon a time you needed a chat client running on your computer for each and every instant messaging service you used, and since different buddies used different IM protocols, you had run...