Creating zip files on a Mac might seem daunting at first, but you have a few options -- and plenty of tools -- at your disposal. While you may have experience creating a zip file on a Windows-based ...

Zipping files is easy on the Mac. You just right-click on one or more selected files in the Finder, then click Create Archive. The files get turned into an easy-to-handle .zip file. On iOS, it’s a bit ...

Shortcuts isn’t just about asking Siri to help out when a cop pulls you over, or shutting your home down for the night. Shortcuts can also be little utilities that you use on your files, adding ...

Someone once said you can never be too rich, or too thin; you might also add that you can never have too much storage space. One way to save space on your Mac is to compress (or ‘zip’) files and ...

Zip files are handy when you need to send someone multiple files or folders. Not only do zip files compress the data, making the files smaller, they combine everything together. This also makes them ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

If you need to open a file with the rar extension on your Mac, there's a handy app called The Unarchiver that can help you do just that. Rar files are commonly used to extract a huge amount of data — ...