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• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: Use the Finder
• Method 2 of 2: Using a different program

If you have a lot of old documents and they take up a lot of space, we have a good solution to your problem! Create an archive so the files take up less space. On Mac OS X, you can archive files without installing any third-party software. We will tell you how this is done.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Use the Finder

1. 1 Open Finder. You can open Finder by clicking on the program icon in the taskbar. This is a blue square face icon. Find the files you want to compress.
   • To compress multiple files at once, create a new folder and move all files there.
2. 2 Select files or folder. Right-click on the name of a file or folder.
   • If your mouse does not have a right-click, hold down Ctrl and click on a file or folder.
3. 3 Click Compress or Create Archive or Archive. Wait for the process to complete. The archive name will be the same as the folder / file name.
   • If you select and archive multiple files at once, the archive will be named Archive.zip.
   • The archive will be 10% smaller than uncompressed files.

Method 2 of 2: Using a different program

1. 1 Find an archiver program on the Internet. There are several free programs, enter a Google search query.
   • Other programs can compress files better than the archiver on Mac OS X.
2. 2 Add files to the program. Click on the create archive button. Select the folder where you want to save the archive.
3. 3 Put a password on the archive if you like.