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HowtounzipfilesonMaccomputers
UnzippingafileonaMaccomputerisuser-friendlyandintuitive.TounzipfilesonaMac,simplyfollowthestepsbelow:
Doubleclickthezippedfile.
ThefilewillautomaticallybedecompressedbyArchiveUtilityintothesamefolderthecompressedfileisin.
Accesstheextractedfilesbyclickingtheappropriateicons.
Alternatively,ifthemethodabovedoesnotwork,youcanright-clickonthe.zippackage,andselectOpenWith>ArchiveUtility(default).Appleandthirdpartysoftware
AppleusedtoincludeaprogramcalledStuffItExpandertodecompresszippedfiles,butdoesn’tnowthatOSXletsyouunzipfiles(butnot.sitfiles).However,StuffItfromSmithMicroSoftwarestillcomesinhandyforopeningothertypesofcompressedfiles,notablythe.sitor.sitxcompressedtypes.GotoStuffit.comtodownloadafreeversionofthesoftwareortosplurgefortheDeluxeversion.Inadditiontocompressingfiles,StuffItDeluxeletsyouencryptandbackupfiles.
Meanwhile,youcanarchiveorcreateyourown.zipfilesthroughOSX,whichisusefulifyou’reemailinganumberofmeatyfilestoafriend.Right-click(orCtrl-click)filesyouwanttocompressinsideFinderandchooseCompressFilename.Thenewlycompressedfilescarrythe.zipextension.Thearchiveiscreatedinthesamelocationastheoriginalfileandisnamedoriginalfilename.zip.YoucanalsochooseFile→Compress.Ifyoucompressalotoffilesatonce,thearchivetakesthenameArchive.zip.
Bydefault,compressedfilesareopenedwiththeArchiveUtility.ItappearsintheDock(inLeopard)whilethefilesarebeingunsqueezed,unlessyouchoosetoopenthemwithStuffitExpanderorsomeotherprogram.
HowtozipfilesonaMac
Ontheflipside,youcanalsoarchiveorcreateyourown.zipfilesthroughOSX,whichisusefulifyou’ree-mailinganumberofmeatyfilestoaclientorfriend.Followthestep-by-stepinstructionsbelowtoeasilyzipfilesonaMac:
Right-clickorCtrl-clickthemultiplefilesyouwanttocompress(whetheronthedesktoporinsidetheFinder).
SelectCompressFilenamefromthepop-upmenu.
Thefilesarenowcompressedina.zipextensionandthearchiveiscreatedinthesamelocationastheoriginalfilename,exceptwiththe.zipappendedtoitsname.
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