Thanks to ever-growing hard-drive capacities and ever-faster network connections, compressing files isn’t quite the vital and frequent task it used to be. Still, it’s useful in certain situations; for ...

How to use the zip and bzip2 macOS file compression commands Your email has been sent A variety of Mac applications compress files, but two simple commands native to macOS fulfill the same ...

I remember back in the olden, pre-OS X days, when you’d need to use a utility like Stuffit to compress a bunch of files together into one archive, shedding excess data and making it easier to get ...

February 28, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google This is a good question, as it seems like every other file you download nowadays is in a different compression ...

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 ...

Are you fed up with the stock macOS Archive Utility when it comes to compressing or uncompressing files? The stock app is far from the best, so here are five third-party utilities that you should try ...

The Mac really doesn't have a lot of great utilities for creating file archives, but it does have one excellent option for unarchiving: the aptly named The Unarchiver. It integrates directly with the ...

On the internet, size matters. If you’ve ever had to send PDF files to a friend or colleague, or if you’re running a business, it’s quite likely that you’ve faced the problem of not being able to send ...

Sending files to clients or co-workers is an important part of doing business for some organizations. Invoices, receipts and other documents often need to be distributed to others, and Gmail users can ...

Use Preview: Open the PDF in Preview, click File > Export, select “Reduce File Size” under Quartz Filter, and save. Use ColorSync Utility: Open the PDF in ColorSync Utility, click File > Export, ...