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Getting started with SecureZIP for Mac OS

IZip is a free powerful archiving utility designed specifically for Mac. Easily manage ZIP and RAR files directly from the OS X Finder. Open and securely share ZIP, encrypted ZIP and RAR plus other compressed file formats.

SecureZIP for Mac from PKWARE, Inc., lets you create ZIP archives and open them, even if they are encrypted or digitally signed. When a file is encrypted, you must have an appropriate credential (either a passphrase or digital certificate) to open it.

About Strong Encryption

You can encrypt files using either strong encryption or traditional ZIP encryption. Strong encryption is far more secure than the older, traditional ZIP encryption.

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You can use strong encryption by identifying a passphrase, using digital certificates and a recipient list, or both.

• With passphrase-based encryption, the same passphrase is used to encrypt and to decrypt, and anyone who has the passphrase can decrypt.
• With certificate-based encryption, a certificate's public key is used to encrypt, and the certificate's private key is used to decrypt. The public and private keys are a pair of numbers associated with a digital certificate that together function like a very long, highly random passphrase.

The public key can be distributed to anybody who may want to use it to encrypt data and share this data specifically for the certificate's owner. Share your public key so that others can authenticate your digital signature. The private key, on the other hand, is never shared. Your digital signature is authenticated by your private key. If someone sends you data encrypted with your public key, the private key associated with that public key must be present for you to view that encrypted data.

The advantage of certificate-based encryption is that you can encrypt for just the people you want to see your files, provided those people have a digital certificate with a public and private key. Only these people, whose certificates you use to encrypt, can decrypt the files.

The list of people for whom you encrypt using certificates is called a recipient list. The term is also used for the list of certificates.

The Mac Keychain Access application manages certificates and their keys for you. When a recipient runs SecureZIP to extract files encrypted using the recipient's certificate, SecureZIP finds and applies the certificate's private key to decrypt the files.

Before you can do certificate-based encryption, you must have access, for each intended recipient, to a copy of a digital certificate containing the public key.

Note: Some older ZIP utilities cannot decrypt files encrypted using SecureZIP strong encryption.

Minimum OS X supported versions

Using SecureZIP for Mac

SecureZIP for Mac from PKWARE, Inc., lets you create ZIP archives and open them, even if they are encrypted or digitally signed. When a file is encrypted, you must have an appropriate credential (either a passphrase or digital certificate) to open it.

Installing SecureZIP for Mac

SecureZIP for Mac installs from a standard disk image file (.dmg). This file is available for download from PKWARE. It contains the SecureZIP for Mac files needed to run the application.

System Requirements: You must be running MacOSX 10.9 or later, and have administrative privileges to install SecureZIP for Mac.

1. Download or copy the .dmg file to your Mac.
2. Double-click the .dmg file to start the installation. You will see the SecureZIP application icon.
3. Drag the SecureZIP icon and drop it in your Applications folder.
   

First Time Run

The first time you run SecureZIP for Mac, you may see a message dialog that says:

'SecureZIP' is an application downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open this application?

Choose Open.

SecureZIP Preferences

Setting SecureZIP Preferences

When you have placed SecureZIP in the Dock, you can use the Preferences dialog box to associate a variety of archive types with SecureZIP, define a default location for extracted files and enable encryption and signing for enhanced security.

To open SecureZIP Preferences, double-click SecureZIP in the Dock, then choose SecureZIP > Preferences.

Associating File Types with SecureZIP

SecureZIP can open these types of archives. By default, SecureZIP associates itself to all these archive types:

• ZIP
• ZIPX
• 7-Zip
• ARJ
• BinHex
• BZip2
• TAR BZip2
• GZip
• TAR GZip
• LHA
• RAR
• TAR
• UNIX Compressed (Z)
• UUEncode
• XXEncode

If you have another application that can open archives on your system, you may clear any box to disassociate that file type from SecureZIP. Use your preferred application to associate an archive type with that application.

Selecting a Location for Unzipped Files

When you first install SecureZIP, newly extracted (that is, unzipped) files are placed in the same directory as the original archive. If another file with the same name is located in that same directory in Finder, the newly-extracted file is added as a copy of the original file.

The Extraction tab in SecureZIP Preferences allows you to select a new default folder, or be prompted for a destination folder each time you open an archive. Choose from these options:

• Original archive folder (default)
• Your Desktop
• Other folder. This option opens a Finder box. Choose any folder for all extracted files to be extracted to.
• Prompt for folder. When you select this option, you will be asked where to put the extracted files each time you extract an archive with SecureZIP.

Enabling Digital Signatures

Before you can digitally sign files, use SecureZIP Preferences to identify your digital certificate:

1. With SecureZIP open, go to the SecureZIP menu.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Check Sign files.
5. Use the box to identify your digital certificate.

If you don't have a certificate with a private key installed in Keychain, the Certificate box in Preferences will be dimmed.

If you have more than one certificate installed in Keychain, use the arrows to identify the correct certificate to use.

Once you have enabled digital signatures, each archive you create (and the files inside) will be signed. People who receive a signed file will know that it comes from you and is unchanged since you signed it.

Enabling Encryption

Before you can encrypt ZIP files, use SecureZIP Preferences to identify your preferred encryption method and digital certificate:

1. With SecureZIP open, go to the SecureZIP menu.
2. Choose Preferences.
3. Click the Security tab.
4. Check Encrypt files.

If you intend to use a recipient list at any point in the future, use the box to identify your digital certificate.

If you don't have a certificate with a private key installed in Keychain, the Certificate box in Preferences will be dimmed.

If you have more than one certificate installed in Keychain, use the arrows to identify the correct certificate to use.

Using SecureZIP for Mac

Unzipping ZIP Files

To open (also known as extract) a ZIP archive and put the files in a folder:

Note: All SecureZIP functions are available from the Services menu within Finder.

1. Open Finder.
2. Double-click the ZIP you want to open OR control-click on the file and select SecureZIP: Extract Archive. Clicking the gear icon in Finder will also lead to the SecureZIP: Extract Archive menu item.
3. If the archive is encrypted with a passphrase, you will be prompted to enter the passphrase. If the archive is encrypted with the public key of your digital certificate, it should open automatically. The Mac Keychain Access application manages certificates and their keys for you. When a recipient runs SecureZIP to extract files encrypted using the recipient's certificate, SecureZIP finds and applies the certificate's private key to decrypt the files.
4. The uncompressed contents of the archive appear in the same folder.

Zipping Files into a New Archive

Compress and (optionally) encrypt one or more files or folders with SecureZIP for Mac. If you have enabled encryption, you may encrypt with a passphrase, for a recipient list, or both.

SecureZIP doesn't just create ZIPs! You can also create archives of various types. See Associating File Types with SecureZIP for all the archive formats you can use.

Follow these steps to create a new ZIP archive:

1. Open Finder.

2. Select the file(s) or folder(s) you want to compress.

3. Choose the gear icon in Finder. Select SecureZIP: Create Archive.

4. (optional) If you have enabled encryption, choose an encryption method:

• To encrypt with a passphrase, check the box. Add a passphrase of at least eight (8) characters. Re-type to confirm passphrase.
• To encrypt for recipients, check the box. Select a recipient from the list of available digital certificates.
• You may choose both methods.

5. The first time you create a ZIP after enabling signing, you may be asked to allow SecureZIP access to your private key. You should choose to always allow.

6. Click OK to create your ZIP archive.

Security with SecureZIP for Mac

Encrypting a file encodes its contents so that the file cannot be read until it is decrypted. Decrypting removes the encryption and restores the file to its original form.

Signing a file provides assurance that the file is really from you and has not been tampered with.

Encrypting with SecureZIP

Generally speaking, the easier an encryption standard is to use, the less secure it is. With SecureZIP you have a choice in what standard to use. Traditional ZIP encryption with relatively simple passphrases is almost certainly good enough to preserve the secret family cookie recipe from the neighbors, but the initial business plan for your unique new product needs to get to your patent attorney with SecureZIP strong encryption. Strong encryption is much more secure, but older ZIP utilities can only decrypt files encrypted with the traditional method. Your recipients may need SecureZIP or the free ZIP Reader by PKWARE to decrypt files that you encrypt with strong encryption.

You can use a passphrase or a key from one or more digital certificates (or both passphrase and certificate) to encrypt files in SecureZIP. A passphrase uses letters, numbers, spaces and other non-alphanumeric symbols to allow your recipient to open your encrypted file or message.

If you use a passphrase to encrypt, anyone who has the passphrase can decrypt. If you use a key from a digital certificate, only the owner of the certificate can decrypt. You can choose to encrypt with both a passphrase and a certificate. If someone sends you an archive containing files encrypted with your digital certificate, SecureZIP attempts to decrypt the files automatically when you (and only you) extract them.

SecureZIP does not extract files that cannot be decrypted. Someone who wants to extract encrypted files must either be able to supply a correct passphrase or else own a digital certificate used to encrypt the files.

You can encrypt files with SecureZIP when you add them to a ZIP archive.

Signing Files

You sign a file, or an entire archive, by attaching a digital signature derived from a digital certificate that you own. Other people use your certificate's public key to verify that the signature is yours. You can sign files either when you add them to an archive or later.

SecureZIP always authenticates digital signatures on files that you receive, but you must have a certificate to attach a digital signature of your own.

Specify a Passphrase and/or Recipients

If you use encryption, SecureZIP opens a dialog to get a passphrase and/or recipient list from you when you add files.

• If you encrypt using only a passphrase, only people who have the passphrase can decrypt.
• If you encrypt using only a recipient list, only recipients can decrypt, using the private keys from the certificates whose public keys you used to encrypt.
• If you encrypt using both a passphrase and a recipient list, anyone who has the passphrase or is on the recipient list can decrypt the files.

Specify a Passphrase to Encrypt

To specify a passphrase:

1. Enter the passphrase in the Passphrase field. The passphrase must be at least eight characters long.
2. Enter the same passphrase again in the Confirm field to confirm that you typed what you thought you did.
3. Click OK to encrypt the selected file(s).

Encrypt for a Recipient List

When you use a recipient list to encrypt, SecureZIP decrypts the files automatically when unzipping them for someone on the list. Recipients on the list do not need to supply a passphrase. You need access to a public key for a digital certificate for each recipient to encrypt for a recipient list.

Create a recipient list by picking certificates for recipients from the Certificates list.

The Certificates list shows all the X.509 certificates you have for people on your system. You can have multiple certificates for the same person. The list states when each certificate expires.

To pick recipients for the recipient list, check the boxes for individual recipients you want to add. If there are more certificates than fit in the window, use Search to locate the person(s) you want to add.

Be sure to select one of your own Personal Certificates to add yourself as a recipient so that you can decrypt the files without entering a passphrase.

Skip Encrypting Files

You can skip encrypting the selected files and add them without encryption by clicking Skip. The files are added to the archive without being encrypted.

Enterprise Features

SecureZIP Enterprise Features

System administrators and those responsible for data security in an enterprise environment can use SecureZIP Enterprise Edition to implement security and access measures through policy definitions.

About Policy

Enterprise versions of SecureZIP (and PKZIP for Windows) enables an administrator to control how SecureZIP is used—particularly with respect to encrypting and digitally signing files—by creating a policy file. By applying a policy, an administrator can lock selected SecureZIP options to desired settings. These policies will apply to computers running SecureZIP for Mac.

Policy settings are saved to a policy file, which is digitally signed by an authorized administrator. SecureZIP checks the policy file at startup and locks any settings specified in the file.

For example, to ensure that zipped files are always encrypted, an administrator can apply a policy that locks the Encrypt files settings. SecureZIP will then always zip and encrypt files until those options are unlocked and turned off.

How Locks Are Set

Locks on options are set by defining a policy in SecureZIP Enterprise. Policy locks are not set from SecureZIP for Mac.

Contingency Keys

Enterprise versions of SecureZIP (and PKZIP for Windows) enable an administrator to control how SecureZIP is used—particularly with respect to encrypting and digitally signing files—by creating a policy file. These policies will apply to computers running SecureZIP for Mac.

Administrators can also define one or more contingency keys in a policy file. Contingency keys enable an organization to decrypt files encrypted by anyone in the organization, whether the files were passphrase-encrypted or were encrypted for specific recipients. Contingency keys are a safeguard to be sure that important information belonging to the organization does not become inaccessible because no one in the organization can decrypt it.

SecureZIP for Mac in Reader Mode

Enterprise customers who regularly exchange compressed and encrypted data with users on Macintosh OS X may find situations where a partner does not already have SecureZIP for Mac and is unable to open encrypted files they receive. These partners can easily obtain their own copy of SecureZIP for Mac from PKWARE.

If your partners are unable to obtain their own copies of SecureZIP for Mac, Enterprise customers can contact PKWARE for information on options for providing their partners with a “Reader-only” license of SecureZIP for Mac. This license allows a user to install SecureZIP to extract and decrypt archives. This installation disables the compression and encryption features but allows them to receive and open encrypted files they receive.

In Reader mode, SecureZIP will open the same variety of archive types as the complete application. If an archive is encrypted using traditional ZIP encryption or strong encryption (passphrase- and certificate-based), Reader mode will handle these as well.

By Adela D. Louie, Last updated: August 27, 2019

Once that you were able to send things on a regular basis, then there is a high chance that you might encounter the shared zipped files on your Mac. These are files that are actually compressed and lessen the file size so that you will be able to upload them quickly. Now, if you are a Mac user, then the tendency is that you want to know on how to create a zip file on Mac. If this is your concern, then you can go ahead and read through this article and you will be able to know how.

Some Mac users actually tend to think that Zip files are complicated files and that they do not know how to deal with it. That is why once that they have a Zip file saved on their Mac, they get a hard time knowing how they can actually view it. So in here, we are going to show that this task is actually a very easy thing to do.

Part 1: What is A Zip File?

Once that you need to be able to send multiple data using your Mac, then you will be struggling on the time that it needs for the files to be sent. In this kind of situation, it can be a little trouble, especially if what you are trying to send are videos or music files. It is because the amount of time that it needs be sent out will also depend on the format of those files and roughly, you will be taking hours for you to upload or download it on your Mac.

The best thing that you can do about it is for you to be able to compress these files. This is by either removing redundancies in the files which can be made, or you can also cut down unnecessary bits. Compress files are actually packed into various archive formats which include the RAR and ZIP format. And once that you have downloaded a file that is compressed, then you will be able to extract its content or try to unzip them. This way, you will be able to gain access to the file.

Advantages of A Zip File

Now, since a zip file is actually considered to be a compressed file, then you will be able to get an advantage of having this. Here are some of the benefits that you will get for compressing your files.

1. Storage

You will be able to save more space on your Mac because compressing a file free up valuable space on your hard drive. There are some files that you can compress up to 90 percent of its original size such as a word file. Though there are some files such as JPEG or MP3 files that you can no longer compress further. This is because these type of files are already compressed to its limit.

2. Transmission Speed

Having compressed files on your Mac means that you will be able to send, upload, or download it faster than the regular sized files that you have on your Mac. This is because compressing your files before you transfer them over will reduce the time that it needs to push through. This will also reduce the cost of running a network since it only accommodates less bandwidth and equipment.

So these are some of the things that you will be benefiting from once that you have compressed or zip file on your Mac. In short, you will no longer have to wait for a long time just to send a single file that has a huge size.

Part 2: How to Create A Zip File on Mac

Making a zip file using your Mac is actually not as difficult as it sounds. For all you know, you can even do it blindfolded. This is because every Mac actually comes with a built-in utility for you to use to compress files and as well as to unzip them. So for you to create a zip file on your Mac, goa head and follow the steps that we are going to provide you.

Step 1: The first that you need to do is to look for the file or multiple files that you would want to compress on your Mac. If you are compressing just one file, all you need to do is to right-click on that single file and then choose “Compress [file name]”.

Step 2: Then you will be able to see a Zip file that will appear on your screen. This will found in the same folder as where the original file is located.

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Step 3: And for you to be able to compress multiple files on your Mac and get it done to ZIP file, all you will be needing to do is to select all the files that you want from your Mac. After that, go ahead and right-click on those files and then choose “Compress X Items”. The “X” stands for the number of files that you have chosen.

Step 4: Then you will be able to see a single archive in the folder where the original files are located.

That is how easy you can create a zip file using your Mac. Quick and easy, right?

Part 3: How to Unzip A File

Unzipping a certain file on your Mac is actually as easy as creating them. All you need to do is to right-click on the zip file and then go ahead and choose “Open with” option from the drop-down menu that will appear on your screen. After that, go ahead and select “Archive Utility”. You can also choose a certain application on your Mac that can help you in unzipping the file.

Then, your Mac will then automatically make a new folder that will be containing the files that you have extracted from the Zip file together with the ZIP file itself. You can also try to encrypt a password if you want to protect your file from other people.

Part 4: How to Open .7z File and RAR File

Now, another type of compressed files that you have on your Mac is the .7z file and the RAR file. And clearly, Mac does not have actually the ability to open these types of files especially the .7z file. That is why for you to be able to open .7z file on your Mac, you will be needing an application,

Since this is the case, there is one Mac application that you can actually use for you to be able to open .7z files and RAR files on your Mac. And this is the PowerMyMac Unarchiver.

The PowerMyMac Unarchiver has the ability is actually used for you to be able to compress or have your files extracted such as the .7z files, and .rar files that you have on your Mac. In addition to which, using the PowerMyMac Unarchiver is the best, easiest way for you to be able to open a RAR file and a .7z file on your Mac.

Now, for you to be able to know how you can do this, go ahead and follow the instructions that we have below. This way, you will be able to know how you can create a compressed file on your Mac and at the same time, on how you can open RAR and .7z file on your Mac using the PowerMyMac Unarchiver.

Step 1: Download and Install

First of is that you have to download the FoneDog PowerMyMac from our official website. And once that the download is complete, go ahead and have it installed on your Mac.

Step 2: Launch the FoneDog PowerMyMac

Once that you have installed the program on your Mac, go ahead and launch it. Then on the main interface of the program, you will be able to see the system status of your Mac such as your Disk, Memory, and your CPU usage.

Step 3: Choose Toolkit Option

Aside from the system status that you see on the main interface of the program, you will also be able to see three options at the top of the screen. From those three options, go ahead and choose “Toolkit”.

Step 4: Select Module Unarchiver

One that you choose Toolkit, you will then be able to see a list of modules under the Toolkit option. You will see modules such as Uninstaller, Maintenance, Wi-Fi, Privacy, and more.

From that list, go ahead and choose “Unarchiver”.

Step 5: Choose the Files to Compress

Then, the program will then ask you to choose all the files that you would want to compress. All you need to do is to choose all the files you want and drag them over to the PowerMyMac Unarchiver.

Step 6: Compress Your Files

Once that you have dragged all the files that you want to compress, go ahead and click on the “Compress” button located at the bottom of your screen. Then the process of compressing your files will start.

Step 7: Decompress Files (If Any)

Now, if you also have some compressed files on your Mac that you would want to decompress, all you need to do is to drag the compressed file in the PowerMyMac Unarchiver and then go ahead and click on the “Decompressed” button. Then the process of decompressing your files will then start.

**Opening Your RAR file and .7z Files on Mac Using PowerMyMac Unarchiver**

Now, since that you have uninstalled the PowerMyMac on your Mac device, the awesome part is that you no longer need to follow all the steps above for you to open a .7z files or .rar files on your Mac. This is because since that you have the PowerMyMac already on your Mac, so that means that once you have a .7z files or .rar files saved on your Mac, they will automatically be marked with a blue “P” icon. This is the same as the logo of the PowerMyMac software.

So from there, all you need to do now is to double-click on your .7z files or .rar files and then they will have automatically become a zip file. This is the most awesome feature ever. Because having the PowerMyMac on your Mac will allow you to view or open your .rar files and as well as your .7z files directly on your Mac.

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So there you have it. This one is actually an easy thing that you can do without asking any help from the experts. Creating and unzipping files on your Mac will only take so little of your time and effort to do so.

Also, opening your .7z file and your .rar file will be easier from now on, This is because you already have the Fonedog PowerMyMac installed on your Mac. Having this program will let you directly open any of these files from your Mac. Without the FoneDog PowerMyMac, you will not be able to do these things.

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That is why having the PowerMyMac will be a good way for you to be able to handle things on your Mac the easiest and fastest way. This is because the PowerMyMac is known to be as a very powerful tool and that it can become whatever you want it to be. The PowerMyMac is considered to be an all-in-one Mac application because of its awesome features and functionality.

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You will be able to do a lot of things using the FoneDog PowerMyMac such as cleaning up your Mac to gain more space and make the performance of your Mac better. You can also use it to see some information such as your Wi-Fi, you can use it as a protector of your important files that you have on your Mac because you will be able to encrypt them using this program.

If you have any more ideas about Zip files please feel free to comment below and share this article if this helped you a lot. This way, you will also be able to help other Mac user struggling on these type of concerns regarding their Mac and the files that they have it.

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