Portable applications are programs that you can carry on a removable drive and run them from any computer. They are handy in situations when some of the apps you use are not available on the host computer and you don’t have time to download and install the required application from scratch. In this case you [...]
KCleaner is a piece of freeware that is compatible with computers running the Windows OS. The function of the application is to help you clean your system files. Your first step to use the app is to download and install its setup file that is sized at nearly 1.2 MB. Be sure to opt out [...]
Skip the downloading step entirely – upload a file directly to Dropbox from within Chrome, thanks to an extension called Download To Dropbox. With this installed all you need to do is right-click any download link, then click “Upload to Dropbox” – and you’re done. The file will be sent directly to your Dropbox, meaning [...]
There are times when your files are simply too large to be emailed or shared online. In such cases, it is a good idea to split your large file into smaller files so that online sharing becomes easier. Here to help you do that is an app called Splitter. Splitter is a freeware desktop application [...]
If you work on a network computer, there would probably be folders that you create a backup for on the network. Routinely creating this backup manually can be quite time consuming. Here to offer you an effective folder synchronization solution is an app called Horodruin. Horodruin is a free to use desktop application for computers [...]
Whenever you delete a file from your computer it is never 100% deleted but simply the space it occupied is freed for other files to take place. Until that freed space is overwritten by a new file you have the possibility to recover your accidentally deleted files and folders. So if you are looking for [...]
Schizocopy is a free downloadable application for Windows to copy or move files. It is an alternative to the default Windows copy/move operation with several additional features, compared to the default Windows copying process. First, copying with Schizocopy is much faster than the default process. Second, it supports a backup option in case your copy/move [...]
A great way to share files between family members and other people in the same place is to share them over a local area network. Instead of copying them to a thumb drive, you can simply share them and let people download them. Windows allows you to do this right from the OS, but if [...]
One of the first programs you will always need to install on a fresh version of Windows is a file extractor. There are many options available for opening .zip, .rar, and other type of files. On Windows 8 and Windows RT, there are less options, especially if you want one that keeps with the Windows [...]
Today a person has a number of gadgets in regular use. It is not uncommon to find somebody who owns a computer, a tablet, and a smartphone. While each of these devices has its own set of advantages, there is one problem associated with using many devices: sometimes you forget which device you stored a [...]
Quickly find out which files are taking up space on your computer. WizTree is a simple Windows program that scans your drive and shows you which folders are taking up the most space. Explore your folders and you’ll see which files and sub-folders are taking up the most space within that folder. The idea: find [...]
Are you looking for an easy to use way to create batch files without using complicated scripting languages? There are some programs out there that can handle it but most of them are pretty hard to use. One we have found is called Batchrun, and it is actually quiet easy to use. It allows you to [...]
Duplicate files on your computer simply take up useful space that can be utilized by other files. Since duplicates do not necessarily have the same names, you need an app that uses various methods to detect duplicates. That app is AllDup. AllDup is a small freeware application for computers running Windows. You run the application [...]
There are numerous applications available online that protect your files by a password. But there might be situations in which you do not want others to know that you are restricting their access to certain files. Here to help Mac users in such a situation is an app called Obscurity. Obscurity is a freeware application [...]
Normally, people save files in whichever folder they want. As a result, you often later find yourself opening a bunch of different folders in order to find the files you want. But by using a tool called FenrirFS, you can group files together and assign them labels. FenrirFS is a free to use desktop application [...]
We all have that pile of files and documents that we want to sort out some day. Factura is a Mac app that lets you quickly sort out and organize these files on your computer. To start organizing your files, install and run the program. Specify the default folder where to save the files. Drop [...]
When you have to reduce the size of a file, you have to use a different program for different file types. If you wish there was a single program to compress many file types, check out FileOptimizer. It lets you compress different file types at once without compromising quality. File types include images (GIF, JPEG, [...]
Sometimes while you are using your PC, you need to open a file or program but simply cannot find it. The usual solution is to use the native search feature in Windows but if you are looking for a quicker and more convenient solution, check out an app called Pipy. Pipy App is a free [...]
Free Editor is a Windows application for editing multiple file types that is available for free download from the Free Editor site. It’s an all-in-one solution to be used with most office documents. File types supported include .docx, .doc, .epub, .odt, .xls and .xlsx and Free Editor supports easy conversion between many of the file [...]
Most people’s Downloads folder is quite cluttered and has all sorts of files in the same location. But we all would prefer an organized Downloads folder. In fact we would prefer all our folders to be organized. Here to help you do that is an application called PsychoFolder. PsychoFolder is a freeware desktop application for [...]