This process has become increasingly important in an age where millions of documents are produced daily and sent across the globe, necessitating quick yet secure methods for transferring this data. All that’s needed after this process is to add an email address and the compressed data can be sent with ease.

These utilities allow users to quickly compress individual files or even complete folders with just the click of a button. On most computers, Macs as well as Windows PCs, there is built-in software for creating and extracting ZIP files. The main advantages of using ZIP compression include decreased file size and increased security through password protection. It functions similarly to how a pouch of coins would be zippered closed and collapsed into one package-enabling transport, transfer or emailing of multiple files in one quick action. Now you can select any file(s) and/or folder(s) in the Finder app and by right-klicking choose 'Quick Action' -> 'Make password protected ZIP'.A ZIP file is a compressed collection of digital files.

Save it as 'Make password protected ZIP'.

Select Run Apple Script and copy/paste in the code.

Make sure it receives 'files or folders' from Finder.app.DS_Store -r0 -P '' & final_pass & '' ' & zipFile & '. Set zipFile to quoted form of (fileName & '.zip')ĭo shell script 'cd '' & theFolder & '' zip -x. Set theFolder to POSIX path of (container of theItem as alias) Set itemPath to quoted form of POSIX path of theItem Set theItem to (item 1 of theItems) as alias Set display_text to 'Mismatching passwords, please try again' Set deleteOriginals to button returned of (display dialog 'Would You Like To Delete The Original Files After The Disk Image Has Been Created?' buttons default button 1 default answer '' with hidden answer) Set theName to 'New Encrypted Disk Image' Property destinationFolder : (path to documents folder) This is not a direct solution, however it can be used as an alternate solution because it will create a disk image (.dmg) file of all selected Finder files and or folders, whether the selection is a single item or multiple items.

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