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Old 10-29-2007, 10:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How to compress a file(s)

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I know how to uncompress a file (i.e. a .zip file) as OS X seems to do it for me when I click on a compressed file but how do I compress a file (to say .zip or .rar) so I can send my large documents (i.e. word docs, spreadsheets, images) to my mac and PC friends over the net?
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To mae it a .zip, all you have to do is highlight the group of files you want to archive, right click on them, and select Create Archive of "whatever the files are called". I haven't found a free .rar compressor and archiver yet, so i can't help with that.
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Thanks for that. If it turns a file into a .zip that will do nicely.
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