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zoran

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Is there a free file-compressing app that you would you suggest, one that will have an option to set a password for protecting the compressed files?
 
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Thanks for all the help guys. I have a feeling that .dmg might be the best cause it will open on any Mac without needing to have an app. Isn’t that correct?
 
You can open, but can u create a password protected zip file?
 
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You can create a zip file with a password from the command line. e.g.
Code:
zip -er test.zip *
will create a password protected file called test.zip (after prompting for the password) that contains all the files in the current directory.

You can decrypt the file with macOS's Archive Utility.
 
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do you know if password protected zip files as secure as encrypted dmg files?
Disk Utility offers 128-bit AES and 256-bit AES encryption
Disk Utility Encryption.jpg
Zip files can be encrypted using Zip 2.0 (Legacy)/ ZipCrypto encryption, 128-bit AES and 256-bit AES
https://kb.corel.com/en/125902
https://github.com/aonez/Keka/wiki/Compressing-with-Keka
https://peazip.github.io/encrypt-files.html
For the moment, 256-bit AES encrypted ZIP files can not be opened with the default Archive Utility on macOS or iOS.
 
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