Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Freeware
YemuZip: Free zip utility for Mac creates Windows friendly Zip files
by Simon Kerbel Apr 6th 2008
YemuZip is a free Mac application for creating zip files for use on a Mac or PC.But wait, doesn't the Finder have its own built-in Archive (zip) function?
Yes, it does -- but oftentimes, when you create a zip file on a Mac and unzip the file on a PC, you'll get a lot of gobbledy-gook along with your unzipped files. That's because the PC doesn't know how to read the Mac-specific metadata. YemuZip will zip your files in either a Mac or a PC format so you can avoid the unnecessary information.
The application itself couldn't be easier to use. Simply drag and drop the files you wish to compress onto the YemuZip interface, choose whether you want a PC or Mac specific zip format, and away it goes, merrily compressing.
YemuZip is free for personal use, and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
[via Cool OSX Apps]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh said 6:13PM on 4-06-2008
The built in archiver is crap anyways regardless of its Windows compatibility. I'll be looking into this one since there isn't a good solution for Mac users, really. Thanks for posting about it. :)
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