Fact is, you can make a shortcut for just about anything in OS X with just a couple of mouse clicks. They're just not called shortcuts, they're called aliases.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how you can create shortcuts for your desired Google Drive files and folders on your Windows OS desktop.

Now if you double-click the shutdown shortcut on your desktop, Terminal will open, prompting you to enter your user password. Once entered, the timer will begin.

So, if you want, you can set a custom icon for the printer shortcut. Thankfully, Windows 11/10 provides a built-in feature to change file and folder icons (including desktop shortcuts).

How to Create Shortcuts to Websites on a Desktop for a Mac. If you visit certain Web pages, such as Facebook and Gmail, on a daily basis, you can create shortcuts to them on your Mac OS X desktop.

Add Printer to ‘Send to’ Desktop Context Menu When you successfully add a printer in the Send To menu on your Windows system, you’ll be able to send documents directly to the selected ...

In this article we will show you how to create a desktop shortcut to activate the standby mode of Windows 7.

Internet Explorer 9 famously lets you add Web favorites to your taskbar, but Windows has always had the option of adding them to the desktop.

This app is similar in function to our own desktop-hiding application, Dropcloth, so if you liked the idea behind Dropcloth but weren't happy with the execution, this simple shortcut provides a ...

To save some time, you can add a shortcut to Yahoo to your desktop so you can navigate to the online email client with a simple double-click.