{"id":762,"date":"2013-07-05T21:02:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T21:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/2013\/07\/05\/how-to-zip-a-file\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T19:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T19:18:14","slug":"how-to-zip-a-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/how-to-zip-a-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Zip A File"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2> \tWhen transferring large or numerous files, it is often difficult to complete the transfer. The easiest way to resolve many of these issues is to zip a file using a file compression software package.<\/h2>\n<p>People wonder what causes this, this can result from a number of issues:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"motivation-ul\">\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tLarge files, and certain file types (such as .exe) are often blocked by spam filters.&nbsp; Even some email clients have filtering built in that will reject such messages.<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tThe file is too large to send.&nbsp; Sometimes mail servers can only handle files of a certain size.&nbsp; When larger files are sent the server may reject the file.<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tLarge or numerous files take longer to send and receive.&nbsp; This can be a pain for the sender and the recipient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Most operating systems include a zipping utility with the operating system.&nbsp; Zipping a file or files has three major benefits:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul class=\"motivation-ul\">\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tThe file size is generally reduced (results vary).&nbsp; This is because zipping is a type of file compression.&nbsp; The file is less likely to be too large to send and will transfer faster.<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tFiles with the .zip extension are not executable, so nearly all spam filters will not block a file if it is zipped.<\/li>\n<li> \t\t\t\t\t\tYou can send multiple files by attaching a single file to your email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For instructions on how to zip a file, please refer to the appropriate operating system below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows XP:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/306531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/306531<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows Vista:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/windowshelp.microsoft.com\/Windows\/en-us\/help\/7050d809-c761-43d4-aae7-587550cd341a1033.mspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/windowshelp.microsoft.com\/Windows\/en-us\/help\/7050d809-c761-43d4-aae7-587550cd341a1033.mspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows 7<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-vista\/Compress-and-uncompress-files-zip-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-vista\/Compress-and-uncompress-files-zip-files<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mac OS:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH4048\">http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/PH4048<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When transferring large or numerous files, it is often difficult to complete the transfer. The easiest way to resolve many of these issues is to zip a file using a file compression software package. People wonder what causes this, this can result from a number of issues: Large files, and certain file types (such as [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gotowebsmith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}