How to Zip a Folder with Mac
One of the advantages of the folders ” zipped ” is to be dispatched with ease on the Internet (for example, by sending those emails) as if they were a single file.
If you have a Mac, and you want to compress your files in this way, collect them all in one folder, it just takes a few simple steps and a free program that allows you to perform the reverse process, decompression, to open the material previously zipped. Let us see in this easy guide as zipping …
1.) First, we gathered all the files you want to zip (no matter what kind they are, they also find a series of folders, one inside the other) into a single regular folder. Once this is done, tap with two fingers (which corresponds to be right-click on Windows) the folder and select ” Compress – folder name – “. Your Mac will create a perfect duplicate of the compressed folder, save it in the same directory as the original: in this case, copy the folder will be in the format ” zip archive ” (with extension precisely. Zip). Very simple is not it?
2.) And now, you already have your zipped and compressed, containing all the files that you have chosen (images, photos, video, programs or folders. It makes no difference). Now you simply need a program that will allow you to open these folders, in order to ” fish out ” the original folder with all the files inside it. The easiest way is suggested to go to the Apple App Store and download the free program ” iZip Archiver” : with this program, you will not only decompress, but also create archives in various formats. Install it like any normal program and, once started, under the heading ” Create Archive ” you can assign the name of the archive to be created within the folder in which to save it, confirm ” Extra compression ” in case you want to create another archive of stock with a different compression and, finally, the original folder you want to compress: by pressing ” Next ” you will have your files already created.
3.) What fastest way to open compressed archives: you can just tap with two fingers to the folder, select ” open with ” and click on the ” izip Archiver ” and the original folder will spring out of that tablet, duplicating the same directory. The same functions and results can be achieved with very similar programs, always free, including ” The Unarchiver ” , ” Keka ” or ” Archiver “. The result does not change, and you will get your compressed archives in no time!
