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title: "Best compression software for Mac"  
description: "Compression can be very useful when sending several files via email in order not to exceed the attachment size limit or sending files to the remote se"  
author: "Peter Norton"  
published: 2018-12-27  
updated: 2018-12-28  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23616/best-compression-software-for-mac  
category: "internet"  
tags: ["mac os x"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Best compression software for Mac

The most widely used compression [format](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162083/how-to-convert-ost-files-into-pst-format) is ZIP, but apart from it, there are a great number of other [formats](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160705/explain-the-concept-of-datetime-formats-in-c-sharp) available and you may never know when you needed to use some of them. So, how to compress files on Mac? We all know that [Mac OS](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97654/how-to-make-eee-pc-running-linux-look-like-mac-os) has a [native](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40791/what-were-native-american-groups-most-threatened-by) app for these purposes - [Archive](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87356/the-mitrokhin-archive-ii-the-kgb-in-the-world-why-must-we-read-this-book) [Utility](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97693/does-the-amd-ryzen-master-utility-support-non-ryzen-cpus) - a great app for ordinary [users](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84014/5-reasons-why-facebook-is-starting-to-lose-users), though savvy users would find its [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/547/explain-about-the-functionality-of-vb-script) rather limited.

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If you still have not installed compression [software](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105988/how-field-ap-and-fieldtwin-software-can-help-managing-all-tasks-in-oil-and-energy-industry) on your Mac or you are not fully satisfied with the one you have, we have selected 5 best compression software for Mac that can be rather handy and can meet the needs of all the users.

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