In a new critique, LibreOffice slams Microsoft for using lock-in strategies with complex OOXML file formats that distort ...

Enterprises and agencies looking to adopt open source software alternative are struggling to ditch XML formats.

Some Office users have recently experienced “Unknown error trying to lock file” while using Office apps like Excel, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint, etc. It’s even ...

Google Workspace users are getting a new feature to prevent colleagues from messing with their documents. Users will now have the ability to lock their Google Drive files, which should help reduce ...

Google Workspace customers will be able to lock files so that nobody — no matter their level of access — can add edits, comments, or suggestions to a Drive document. Google Workspace customers will be ...

File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept tool named GhostLock that demonstrates how a legitimate Windows file API can be abused in attacks to block access to files stored locally or on ...

Locked files may not delete from your drive, which may be caused by standard file locking or from Windows-based locked files on FAT32 drives. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...