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Zip files on a Mac and save yourself some disk space.
- You can zip files on a Mac and compress them into a format that takes up less space on your computer by merging many files together.
- Zipped files are effectively encrypted, and are more secure then standalone files, as they must be unzipped before any single file can be accessed.
- Your Mac comes preloaded with an Archive Utility app that makes accessing zipped files as easy as a couple of clicks.
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If you have a desktop or folders cluttered up with files that you seldom access yet you don't want to delete, the best way to store those files is to zip them up. Zipping files compresses them, saving you storage space that can be used for other material, and it also folds multiple files together into one archival file, visually tidying up your computer.
Zipped files are more secure than files merely kept in a folder, as they cannot be accessed until unzipped. That said, unzipping files on a Mac is as easy as a few clicks, as the computers come preloaded with the Archive Utility app which, when used, will turn the secure, zip file into a folder with all the previously zipped files again accessible.
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1. Open the folder with the files you wish to zip, or identify them on the desktop.
2. While holding either the "shift" or "command" key, click on each file you wish to add to the zip.
3. Right click on the highlighted files or click the word "File" from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
4. Click "Compress X Items," with X being the number of items you're putting into the .zip file.
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Right click on the files that you've highlighted, then click "Compress Files."
A file called Archive.zip will then be created in the same folder where the documents were located or on the desktop - you may want to rename it for clarity's sake.
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The .zip file will be named Archive.zip by default.
When you want to open it up to access the files you compressed, just double click the .zip file or right click on it, and hit the word "Open."
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When you open a .zip file, all its files will be extracted into a new folder with the same name.
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