Creating an Archive on Mac OS X

1. Locate the folder to be archived or navigate to the folder where the files to be archived are located.

Note: Skip step 2 if you are creating an archive of a folder.

2. Select the folder or files to be archived. If you want to select all of the files in a folder you can simply press Command + A (the Command/Apple key and the + A key) on your keyboard or go to the Edit menu and choose Select All. To select only some of the files in a folder single-click on one of the files and then press and hold down the Command/Apple key and single-click on each of the remaining files that you wish to select.

3. Then WITHOUT deselecting the files right-click/control-click on one of them or if archiving a folder right click on it. (It could be any one of the selected files; it does not matter.) After right-clicking you should see Create Archive of x items (where x is the number of files selected) in the menu.

4. This will create a Archive.zip file (archive) of the files that you selected and put it in the same folder as the files or if you created an archive of a folder it will place this file in the same location as the folder that was archived. You are now ready to email this file or upload it to the Internet!