Because that's what "compressing" means: making something smaller or take up less space.
To Zip a file is to compress it into a smaller more easier memory folder that takes up less space
On a Mac right click on the file/folder and select Compress file/folder name from the menu that appears. This will create a zip file called file/folder name.zip
Compress your files on the hard disk.
yes into a .zip
You can send a folder through Gmail by making a zip file of it. You can compress it into a zip file. Then sending it as an attachment is easy.
Yes - Create a compressed folder and drag files into it. (File, New, Folder, and then Change Properties, Advanced to Compress.)
Create a new folder on your desktop (file; new folder) then drag and drop all the files into the folder. Now right click the folder and click "Compress New Folder". This will convert the folder into a .zip file. Now you can upload the file to zshare or any other file hosting site.
The usual approach is to create a 'tar' file first of the directory and then compress the tar file. This is also safer because it leaves the original directory intact.
On the disk it is not a compressed file... like if i were to send someone a file and it was 40 megabytes, i could compress the folder down to 20 megabytes using winrar, it will compress any file/ folder for you... they are mostly used as zip files or folders.
right click on the file, and click "Zip (filename)" and it will compress it to the same folder that the original is in.
yes, right click on the file or files and click send to then click compressed zipped folder
For MACFirst download it from the website and open the downloaded file. If it is not a zip file, then compress it. Place it in the mod folder of minecraft by going to ~/Library then open Application Support. Find minecraft and open the folder labeled mods and place the zip file in the folder.