Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever ...

How to Create Encrypted Zip Files on Mac. If you use a Mac computer in your small business, you probably have sensitive information and store private data in files and folders on your computer.

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.

Windows Windows supports creating compressed files via PowerShell from v5.0+, however, while it natively supports ZIP creation it does not support encryption and has a file limit of just 2GB.

You no longer need third-party apps if you want to open zip files on iOS. Rar files? That's another story.