Ones compressed, a zipped folder named “Archive.zip” is created at the same location as the files/folders you just zipped. The command Compress is followed by either the file name you are trying to ZIP (in case of a single file) or by a number showing the count of the files/folders you are trying to compress. Now, right-click and from the popup menu select the option “Compress. Shift + click to select a group of files or Command-click to select random files from the location. Open Finder Window and navigate to the location containing the files/folders to be zipped. To create a zipped file/folder, follow the steps as given below: The Archive utility, as it is named, allows for compressing and decompressing files within the Mac OS. Just as in the case of Windows, Mac operating system (Mac OS X 10.3 onwards) also provides built-in support to create a ZIP file. #5) If you wish to rename it, press and hold (or right-click) the folder, select the Rename option, and then type the new name. #4) Since we have selected Work1 first so we have a zipped folder created with the name “Work1”. This will create a ZIP folder grouping all the three selected files in a folder named “Work1” (the same name as the first file you have selected to be zipped). 
#3) Select the option “Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder”. #2) Select all the 3 files (Shift + Click) and right-click to get the menu options.
In our case, the location is ‘This PC > Desktop > Work Record’. #1) Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder location that contains the files that need to be zipped together.
Please follow the steps mentioned below that will guide you in creating a zipped folder containing all the 3 files together. These files are located at ‘This PC > Desktop > Work Record’ on the system. In the example below, we have 3-word docs named “Work1”, ‘Work2” and “Work3”. It has the compress utility that helps to zip and unzip files. Windows operating system has built-in support for zipping as well as unzipping one or more files. So let us take a look at the steps on how we can ZIP one or more files together on Windows, Mac operating system, and also on Android, iOS.
The minimum size of a ZIP file is 22 bytes whereas the maximum size could go up to (2^32-1) which is equal to bytes, 4,294,967,295 bytes!!Ĭreating a ZIP file depends on the Operating System, one is using. Most of the open-source operating systems have built-in support for the ZIP file format. The ZIP file format can also store files even without compressing it. 
A ZIP file may contain one or more files in a compressed format. This format was created in the year 1989. ZIP is an archive file format that was developed by Phil Katz and Gary Conway.
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