You can zip any kind of files on a Mac to save yourself some storage space. Here's how to zip a file on Mac, and compress many files into a zip file.

Knowing how to create zip files can make a difference in your document storage. The stuff inside won’t take a lot of space, and the latest file formats are often larger.

Creating a zip file is much easier though since the Mac does this natively. All you need to do is multi-select the files, right-click, and choose Compress from the menu to create a zip file.

How to create a Zip archive in Lion Here’s how you can make a zip file archive in Mac OS X. 1. Right-click on the file (s) or folder that you want to zip. 2. On the menu that pops up choose ...