How to compress a file(s)

amardilo · amardilo #1 (**permalink**)

10-29-2007, 09:04 AM

Hi there,

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?

mknabster · mknabster #2 (**permalink**)

10-29-2007, 09:06 AM

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.

amardilo · amardilo #3 (**permalink**)

10-29-2007, 09:22 AM

Thanks for that. If it turns a file into a .zip that will do nicely.

mknabster #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 880 Mac Specs: 15in MBP 2.5GHz Core2Duo \| 1.83Ghz Dual G5 PowerMac \| 2.0 GHz Dual G5 PowerMac	10-29-2007, 09:06 AM 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. -Matt
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amardilo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 20, 2007 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 152 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HDD	10-29-2007, 09:04 AM Hi there, 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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