Want to compress multiple files on your Chromebook or open an archive you recently downloaded? It’s easy, as Chrome OS includes an integrated tool to pack and unpack ZIP-based archives. There’s no ...

There are two common ways of squeezing large files into smaller sizes: ZIP and RAR. The ZIP format is much more common, but there are times when RAR works better, especially when the file is ...

Two specialty software makers have patched up a dispute that threatened to undermine the popular Zip file compression format. For more than a decade, Zip has been the most common format for shrinking ...

1. Select the files you want to zip by holding the ‘Control’ key and single clicking the files you want to zip. 2. With all of the files selected, right-click on one of the files and select ‘Send to’ ...

Sharing large files with friends, families, and even business associates over the web is no easy task. Yes, you could use a cloud storage platform, but who wants to waste time downloading large files ...

While ZIP is far from the only file type for compressed archives, it is one of the most common, and works on any desktop operating system. Windows has support for compressing and decompressing ZIP ...

You can unzip a file on a Mac by double-clicking on it to open the file with Archive Utility, or by right-clicking and ...

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When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).