Zip not compressing at all...how do I .zip a folder?

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lewistyler

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I have a folder of pictures I wish to e-mail. I downloaded zipit, cocoazip and some others from macupdate.com but all the programs are the same.

My folder is 57mb in size and after compressing to .zip...it's still the same size. I played w/ the compression settings(some won't allow) and still same output size.

Is there a program in OSX that will do this w/out me having to download a third party program? Any help appreciated.
 
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Macs have a built-in zip app. Right-click/Control-click on the folder and slide the mouse down to Create Archive. Or click on the file/folder once, then go under File in the menu bar, then slide down to Create Archive.

Many pictures, such as jpgs, are compressed already, so compressing them again does nothing.
 

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