When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).

Panic mode activated – you’re sending an important folder of pictures via email but the files are too large to send. Or maybe it’s your computer storage that’s the issue, but you just can’t seem to ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

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In this how-to, we’ll look at the zip command, a useful utility that enables us to specify lists of files, set a level of data compression and create compressed archives. Whilst you become accustomed ...

You never know when one of your files might reach someone it wasn't intended to reach—perhaps through an email forward, a USB stick left behind on a desk, or maybe ...

If you don’t already have a ZIP file created, you can simply select all your files, right-click on them, and select Compress to > Zip file. However, if you want to add more files to an existing zip ...

You can send a zip file in Gmail if you want to send a large file or folder to someone without using Google Drive. Gmail has a hard 25 MB limit for sending attachments over email, and if you try to ...