Scenario: You’ve obtained an audio or video file that’s either in a format unsupported by the device you intend to play it on—an iOS device, traditional iPod, or your Mac, for example—or in a form ...

There are dozens of file formats for word processing documents, database files, graphics, spreadsheets and so on. If a file was created in one application and you want to use it in another, you can ...

Ever opened a file and seen strange symbols or jumbled text? This post shows how to change the character encoding in Excel or ...

You can easily convert PNG files to JPG using software built into your Windows or Mac computer. You can also use the free online file converter called Convertio in ...

Now that we've looked at how to playback HEVC-encoded files, it's time to create them. There are a whole collection of tools and utilities that can encode HEVC, but in this article I'm going to focus ...

Although Windows Media Video (WMV) files are great, it is more common to use the MPEG4 (MP4) format. This means that you might need to convert your WMV files to MP4 fairly often. Fortunately, there’s ...

While it’s not as popular as MOV or even FLAC files, you might occasionally encounter an MKV, or Matroska, file. When you’re dealing with subtitles on an audio or video track, an MKV file can come in ...

Larry Dixon wants to convert MP3 to AAC in iTunes, like he used to. But in the latest version, he can’t figure out the process. I admit, it’s a little wonky, and I had to read up and test the process, ...