Zipping/Compressing Files on macOS
Most of the operating systems have a feature to compress the files and folders into a zip file. Mac OS uses Archive Utility for this feature. When a user clicks the compress option, the Archive Utility will open, compress the files, and then quits automatically. The process is easy to use but there is much more to it as shown below.
How to Zip a single file or folder
How to ZIP/Compress Multiples Files on a macOS
How to Create a Password-Protected ZIP File on a macOS
How to Change Default Location of Zip files on a macOS
Unzipping files on macOS
Just as the Archive Utility is used for making zip files, it is the same for unzipping in Mac OS. When you open a zip file, it will automatically decompress in the same folder or the location you set for it.
How to Uncompress/Unzip a file on a macOS
How to View ZIP/META File Information without Extracting or Uncompressing a File
Alternative Utilities with Extra Features
You can also check some of the best utilities on Mac Store for zipping and unzipping. Most of the utilities will provide additional features where user can directly send the zip file through email or save it to cloud drive. You can view inside the zip files with these utilities without decompressing it. Most utilities support the drag and drop feature. Some of the worth mentioning utilities are Better Zip, StuffIt Expander, Winzip, iZip, and Keka Sometimes the default utility may get an issue in expanding the zip files like “Unable to expand zip file“.
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