Making a .zip File

[mattportner]

How would i go about making a .zip file?

Is there an application i could use? (free?)

 

[Lovesong]

Just right click on the file, and select make archive. It's built into OSX.

 

[Trogloxene]

Zip is kind of a PC oriented thing. I like to use DMGs for Mac. DropDMG is a great little util that you just drop your file on.

-T

 

[PlaceofDis]

Zip is kind of a PC oriented thing. I like to use DMGs for Mac. DropDMG is a great little util that you just drop your file on.

-T

nothing wrong with Zips. and so easy to make with it being built-into OS X

 

[Trogloxene]

Zips are okay, I just meant that you can do so much more with dmg's. Like automounting disc volumes with icons and stuff like that.

-T

 

[epochblue]

For people new to Macs, DMGs can be a little confusing. I'd just as soon stick to ZIP files if possible. They're fairly ubiquitous and mostly understood by everyone.

 

[puckhead193]

Zip is kind of a PC oriented thing. I like to use DMGs for Mac. DropDMG is a great little util that you just drop your file on.

-T

anything free?

 

[n-abounds]

anything free?

What does DropDMG do? Cause you can likely just make an automator droplet that will do the same thing.

 

[Eraserhead]

anything free?

Yes, Disk Utility.

New==>Disk Image from Folder.

 

[mkrishnan]

Here is said automator action.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/quickdmg.html

 

[Eraserhead]

Here is said automator action.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/quickdmg.html

Damn that sounds useful! I'll be giving that a try.

 

[mkrishnan]

Damn that sounds useful! I'll be giving that a try.

I honestly find ZIP totally satisfactory for this kind of thing, so I don't make a lot of DMG's. Most of the time, when I need an archive, I need it to share with Windows anyways. But I could see this being useful too.

 

[dukebound85]

so does zip save space?. say i have alot of files i dont need now but may want (such as all my school work) will zip make it smaller? or would using terminla to make tars and bzips be better. I forgot the pros and cons but basically i want a method that will preserve file structure and save space

thanks

 

[Aarow]

If you use quicksilver there is a nice plugin called the "File Compression Module." Go to the Plugin tab of the Quicksilver preferences to find it.

 

[dukebound85]

http://www.zipeg.com/mac.download.html

this seems like a cool program. does anyone know a program that will encode in multiple formats? the quicksilver doesnt have gzip and some others

also what is the best compression to use? and why would anyone want to make a dmg? surely somebody knows

thanks

whats peoples opinion on this?
http://www.sopht.jp/cleanarchiver/

 

[macpro1999]

its easy

just right click it and click compress easy as that

 

[firestarter]

just right click it and click compress easy as that

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