What Is the lost+found Folder on Linux and macOS?

Did You Know? Birds and bats may both fly, but whereas birds flap their forelimbs (akin to a human flapping their entire arm), bats flap their very specialized long digits (akin to a human flapping just their hands). Geek Trivia The First Woman To Appear On A U.S. Postage Stamp Was? Harriet Tubman → Queen Isabella → Martha Washington → Susan B. Anthony → Advertisement Download Business Networking For Dummies ($12 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. The Best File Managers for Android How to Take Photos at Night (That Aren’t Blurry) Six Things You Need to Do Immediately After Plugging In Your New Router What Is the lost+found Folder on Linux and macOS? How to Use “Hey Siri” to Launch Siri on Your Mac An Easier Way to Move the Text Cursor in iOS: Use 3D Touch How to Download Movies and Shows From Netflix for Offline Viewing How to Disable the Search History in Windows File Explorer How to Get Experimental Chromecast Software Ahead of the Public Release How to Make Windows Shut Down Faster Geek Comic Today's Tech Term AIDC AIDC (short for Automatic Identification And Data Collection or Capture) refers to the process of electronically capturing or collecting data automatically without the use of a keyboard. Some examples of AIDC are: barcode scanning, alphanumeric codes, RFID, biometrics, smart cards, OCR, and magnetic strips. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Reddit CEO who altered comments apologizes, unveils subreddit filtering Huffman says the current climate of disrespect on Reddit "is not sustainable." [ArsTechnica] AT&T just declared war on an open internet (and us) - The Verge Mobilizing Your World' sounds like a threat now--AT&T uses a loophole in net neutrality rulings to unbalance the playing field. [The Verge] The Neuroscientist Who's Building a Better Memory for Humans Theodore Berger, a biomedical engineer at the University of Southern California, is working on a device that stimulates the brain to retain memories better. [Wired] How Amazon Hauls 100 Petabytes of Data Across the Nation It's like a sneaker net on steroids. [Digital Trends] The Best File Managers for Android While many users can live their entire smartphone lives without ever needing to touch their phones file system, there are times when more advanced measures are needed. When you need to sideload an app or move a downloaded file, for example, you’re going to need a file manager. Here are our picks for the best that Android has to offer. Read This Article → How to Take Photos at Night (That Aren’t Blurry) Taking photos at night is a lot harder than snapping shots during the day. The less light you have to play with, the more compromises you have to make, and the harder you have to work to get a great image. Read This Article → Six Things You Need to Do Immediately After Plugging In Your New Router Most people don’t replace their routers that often, and there are so many important settings, it’s easy to overlook a few and forget how your old one was set up. Here are the first five things you need to do right after powering up your new router. Read This Article → What Is the lost+found Folder on Linux and macOS? The lost+found folder is a part of Linux, macOS, and other UNIX-like operating systems. Each file system—that is, each partition—has its own lost+found directory. You’ll find recovered bits of corrupted files here. Read This Article → How to Use “Hey Siri” to Launch Siri on Your Mac Siri is finally on the Mac, but unlike the iPhone version, you can’t launch the virtual assistant with your voice. Sure, there are dock and menu bar icons to click, and you can set a keyboard shortcut, but  you can’t just say “Hey Siri” to start giving commands. Read This Article → An Easier Way to Move the Text Cursor in iOS: Use 3D Touch Most people probably already know how to move the cursor on their iPhone or iPad. It’s essential if you make a typo and want to go back to correct your mistake before you send a text or e-mail, but there is an easier way. Read This Article → How to Download Movies and Shows From Netflix for Offline Viewing After years of being on people’s wish lists, Netflix has finally started rolling its most oft-desired feature: the ability to download movies and shows for offline viewing. For the time being, this option is only available on mobile devices—smartphones and tablets that run iOS and Android—but you can start using it now. Read This Article → How to Disable the Search History in Windows File Explorer The search feature in Windows’ File Explorer saves recent searches by default to make it easier to search for the same terms again. However, if you don't like this feature, you can turn it off. Read This Article → How to Get Experimental Chromecast Software Ahead of the Public Release Google loves to let people try updates to its products before releasing them to the masses. If you’re one of the folks who jumps on every beta (or alpha!) you can find, you can now do the same thing on your Chromecast. Read This Article → How to Make Windows Shut Down Faster Windows PCs should shut down fairly quickly—unless there’s a problem causing a shutdown delay. Here’s how to make your computer shut down faster. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Business Networking For Dummies ($12 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Click here to download