Even though you may be in a program like Pages, TextEdit, or Microsoft Word, the Open and Save dialog boxes in these programs essentially open up a window to the OS X Finder so you can browse for ...

It’s easy to never go beyond the basics of Open and Save dialog boxes, despite their being perhaps the most-used feature of the Mac interface. Instead of simply working with the basics, make these ...

From an Open dialog box, press the keyboard shortcut—Command-Shift-G—that, in the Finder, summons the Go to Folder dialog.

Q: Here’s my problem. Whenever I open a Word document, I get this message: “The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click OK, then close open dialog boxes to continue ...

We continue to cover an issue where the presence of a mounted iDisk can cause significant delays in the appearance of open/save dialog boxes. Users experiencing this problem will notice that it ...

Learn how to fix Blurry 'File Open' dialog in Chrome & Edge browsers. You may need to change high DPI settings in Windows 11/10.

Here’s a simple trick you can use in OS X 10.5’s Open dialog box. Say you’ve decided to open a saved file in a given application. You press Command-O (or select File -> Open if you’re menu ...

Microsoft has reported that when right-clicking on apps such as 'Calculator' installed in Windows 10, a dialog box 'Choose how to open this file' is displayed instead of launching the app ...

To do that, click File > Open and select the file in the Open dialog box. Click the dropdown next to the File Name text box and select "Recover Text From Any File" in the menu.

As long as at least one Computer Management dialog box is open, you will not be able to close the console; all dialog boxes must be closed to exit the console.

Want to stop Notifications from disappearing too quickly in Windows 11? Make Windows notification dialog boxes stay open for a longer period using Control Panel.

Peter revisits an earlier column on how to display a dynamic dialog box to your browser-based users, this time using the JavaScript library that comes with ASP.NET MVC: Backbone.