Until recently, a compressed file in .zip format on our iPhone or iPad was impossible to open if we didn't go to a third-party app. Fortunately Today files compressed in this format can be handled without any problem on our devices, either open or compress them in the Files app, or and from the download manager of our browsers. This tutorial is about how to open and compress files in .zip format on our iPhone and iPad using traditional tools that have iOS and iPadOS 13.
Unfortunately working with compressed .rar files is not currently possible without using an external application in the App Store. In any case, apps like Zip will allow us to manage these files without any problems.
How to open .zip files from the Internet
For starters, Safari, click on the link to the file you want to download. A pop-up window will pop up and ask if you want to download the file it connects to, we will press “Download”.
In the case of Chrome integration, when we click on the link a pop-up window will appear where we will select "Open in …", and then, in the list we will scroll down to select "Save to Files." In Chrome in this step you can decide where you want it stored, in Safari it will be automatically saved in the "Downloads" folder.
When the download is complete must access the "Files" app, and as we have previously shown in the "Download" folder in the case that uses Safari or the local folder of your choice when downloading the file using Chrome.
Once we have our zip file downloaded locally we just have to click on it, and it will come down automatically. Expressed files will appear in a new folder with the same name as the original .zip file. When you open it we will have all the contents of the compressed file there.
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How to open a .zip file we received by mail
Although the file we want to open is not attached to the email (this is usually the case for sending multiple items as one file per email) the process we will follow is very similar.
Once we open the mail and file, we will click on you to display a compressed folder icon on full screen again we will click on "Preview Content".
By default you can preview the screen by entering the content on the left and the left that was inside that file and that phone might look, and pclicking on the "Share" button can save the one you like. On the other hand if you prefer to see content as a list you can change the view in this by clicking the "Table of Contents" button, bottom right.
How to create a compressed folder in .zip on iOS and iPadOS
To start with this It is important to know that we need to have all the files we want to compress in the same place within the "Files" app, so they should all be in the same folder to continue. Once you have prepared the next steps are really easy.
Located in folder containing files to compress we will click on "Select" In the top right corner, this will change the mode to selection. Now we will press to select all the files we want to put in the compressed folder, or in the event that they will be public in that area, click "Select All" in the upper left corner. As well as all selected compression files we will click the "More options" button, which is a button in the bottom right corner represented as a circle with three points inside. Pressing will open in the dropdown area that will say "Copy" or "Press", we will select “Press”. A new folder will appear in this area named "File" that will contain all the elements we have selected to be compressed into .zip. Now if we wish we should change the name we have chosen only and we're about to have our folder compressed.
This ability to compress files is really useful when it comes to sharing them in any way, because it allows us to put different types of files into one and pass them together as a whole block.
