How To Zip A Folder On Macbook Air
Control click it or tap it using two fingers then choose compress from the shortcut menu.
How to zip a folder on macbook air. Zip files are archives that function as a single compressed package of a either multiple files a folder or a single item. The file will automatically be decompressed by archive utility into the same folder the compressed file is in. 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. Could open zip on my macbook pro just by double clicking.
How to unzip a compressed file folder duration. When a zip file contains multiple items the unzipped files are stored in a folder that has the same name as the zip file. You can also decompress any zip file by simply double clicking it. If you compress a single item the compressed file has the name of the original item with the zip extension.
Access the extracted files by clicking the appropriate icons. How to make a zip file on a mac by erika rawes may 11 2020 if you send or download things on a frequent basis you have probably encountered your share of zipped files. When i double click on the zip folder it creates another zip icon in the finder and renames it as zipcpgz. Alternatively if the method above does not work you can right click on the zip package and select open with archive utility default.
Compress a file or folder. With winzip for mac 20 or later you can right click or press ctrl and click your saved zip files and use the context menu to unzip them. On your mac do any of the following. Im unable to open zip on my macbook air.