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How to Easily Create Zip Files on Your Mac

By Lori Kaufman

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Creating .zip files is a great way to send someone a lot of photos or files. You can create .zip files on your Mac natively with no need for 3rd party software or downloads. Here’s how to do it easily and quickly.

Creating .zip files is a great way to send someone a lot of photos or files. You can create .zip files on your Mac natively with no need for 3rd party software or downloads. Here’s how to do it quickly and easily.

1. Put all the files you want to zip in a folder.
2. Right-click on the folder and select Compress. You can also go to File > Compress on the Finder menu bar.

   

3. This creates a zip file in the same place and with the same name as the original folder.

Now you can easily send a single file instead of a bunch of files. And no need to mess with or install overly complicated software.