To see these files, from the View tab in File Explorer click Options, open the View tab, and uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) box in Advanced settings.

How to open files on a Chromebook The Files app makes it easier to find and open files on ChromeOS. Like other operating systems, you only need to double-click a file to open it most times.

Apple's Preview application can open entire folders of images, but this feature should be used cautiously.

Linux apps can expand your Chromebook's capabilities and open up all sorts of interesting options — but first, you have to know where to begin.

In the Mac OS it is possible to change the default program the operating system will use to open a file when you double-click on it. After you have changed this file association, though, you may ...

Most versions of OS X prior to OS X 10.7 relied on an open-source implementation of SMB called Samba for accessing Windows file shares and sharing files with Windows clients.

Now you must set up the OS X machine to be on the same network so the machines can see each other, so go to the "Network" system preferences in OS X and select the "Ethernet" port.

Chrome and Chrome OS are very intertwined, but it usually takes a while for the operating system to get updated to match the browser. Chrome 75 was released at the start of this month, and now as ...