Zip files compress your folders or files and save storage on your computer. They're also easier to send from device to device. Here's how to make one.

Occasionally, you'll need to open several compressed files from one ZIP folder. While Windows does a fine job extracting, there are better tools to unzip.

Zipping and unzipping files on a computer is a convenient method for sending and receiving large files, but did you know your phone can do it too?

Zipping also makes it easier and less time-consuming to share large files on the internet, but those files need to be unzipped once shared. Here's how to unzip files on a Mac.