When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb–much like we “Google” things on the Internet, we “zip” files before sending them over email. But ...

In my adaptation of the Java code into the Groovy script shown above, I left most of the exception handling in place. Although Groovy allows exceptions to be ignored whether they are checked or ...

ChromeOS is now more powerful for managing files, with new support for archive formats like 7z, iso, and tar — with more on the way. Last July, we were first to report that Google was working on a new ...

WinZip and WinRAR are great, but if you'd rather hang on to your $30, check out these free alternatives. Credit: Clare Black/CC BY 2.0 Cloud drive services like Google Drive and OneDrive are handy and ...

I'm having trouble with Safari and downloading 7zip archives from a site which insists on getting the correct referrer string with the request. The problem is that Safari doesn't download 7zip files, ...

The computer programs 7-Zip and FileZilla serve two very different, but potentially related, purposes. The purpose of 7-Zip is to manage archives of files on your computer locally. FileZilla is a File ...

You don't want your family or colleagues to see your important photos or work documents. You may have searched for "how to ...

7-Zip and p7Zip belong to a family of file compression utilities that are among the best available for Linux/Unix. So you would think that the development communities would offer to Linux users what ...

My ZIP files are still boring but at least the app opening them isn’t.

I recently failed to send a file to a recipient while trying to ensure it was delivered exactly as is, so I decided to write ...

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. When you download documents and ...

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...