There are two common ways of squeezing large files into smaller sizes: ZIP and RAR. The ZIP format is much more common, but there are times when RAR works better, especially when the file is ...

Business files are often delivered in a variety of zipped file formats designed to compress the contained files into a smaller size, enabling the files to be sent through email in a more efficient ...

In my adaptation of the Java code into the Groovy script shown above, I left most of the exception handling in place. Although Groovy allows exceptions to be ignored whether they are checked or ...

Whenever I extract files from a zip archive created on a Mac (containing a __MACOSX folder at the root), I get files/folders with green filenames (and encrypted checked in the properties). This only ...

A compressed version of files, popularly known as zipped files are convenient but also prone to errors. So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware utilities like 7-Zip, you may encounter ...

File Compression tools are of immense use, as they help reduce file size without losing important data, a process considered vital when sending and receiving large files. One open-source software that ...

I've been trying to find some software for OS X that will handle rar files and works as simply as 7-zip does on the pc. From the 7-zip page: I tried EZ_7Z, but to extract an archive to a network ...

Cloud drive services like Google Drive and OneDrive are handy and all, but sometimes you just need to wrap up a few files to send out in an email. Conversely, you’ll sometimes come across those ZIP ...