How To Zip A File On Macbook Pro
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How to zip a file on macbook pro. Ive been trying to open zip files but when i do i get a exe file instead and i cant open that either when i do i get a text file with a bunch of random symbols and letters. Then drag or copy the item from the zipped folder to a new location. In my example that would be zip er mytaxeszip fortaxes. Now select openupdate rzip file option to compress video files as shown in fig b.
Restraining myself having spent ooos on mac gear i would be eternally grateful if someone could advise how to complete such a stupefyingly simple operation as unzipping a file downloaded from the internet on a macbook pro running yosemite 101002. Creating a zip file on a mac is quick and easy as macos contains a built in utility for compressing or unzipping files. Type in the password you want to use to protect the files. If you compress a lot of files at once the archive takes the name archivezip.
On some apple computers you can also compress a file by simply choosing filecompress. Main screen step 2. To unzip a single file or folder double click the zipped folder to open it. For example if you unzip a file called archivezip the files are placed in a folder called archivethis folder is located in the same folder as the archivezip file.
Install this application on your macbook pro system and launch it. How to open zip files on a mac. When a zip file contains multiple items the unzipped files are stored in a folder that has the same name as the zip file. Now type in the command that will simultaneously compress and password protect the files in the form of zip er filenamezip filesorfolderstocompress.
In this step you have to add the zip files that you. Next youll be prompted with a password prompt. First find a file or group of files you want to compress. The zip file is simply the compressed data presented as a single archive.
Steps to unzip files on macbook pro. From main screen select compress option under manage tab as shown in fig afig a. Openupdate rzip file step 3. To unzip the entire folder right click to select extract all and then follow the instructions.
Double click the zip archive file to begin extracting the zip archive.