If needed, Apple's TextEdit program can be used to modify hidden system files.

The BeOS file system, an OS geek retrospective From the archives: In the '90s, OS geeks adored BFS's ahead-of-its-time feature set.

A file system is a major component of the operating system (OS). Applications command the OS to input and output data, and the file system reads and writes the sectors on the storage drive.

In order to share files on a network in the past "classic" Mac operating system, you had to access and set up items in several locations. First, you needed to enable file sharing in one location ...

ZFS: The other new Apple file system that almost was—until it wasn’t In file systems as in all else, Steve Jobs' favor was a fickle thing.

In OS X Mavericks, Apple will begin migrating from its own legacy Apple Filing Protocol to Microsoft's SMB2 in an effort to enhance performance, security and cross platform file sharing.

There are many different ways to organize files and directories in a computer, but in the abstract of how that happens at the hardware and OS level ...

The operating system (OS) sets the standards for all application programs that run in the computer. Applications "talk to" the operating system for all user interface and file management operations.