How to Send Zip Files on Mac OSX Via Gmail
Sending files to clients or co-workers is an important part of doing business for some organizations. Invoices, receipts and other documents often need to be distributed to others, and Gmail users can send files as an email attachment. However, if your attachments are large or if you have multiple files to send, you may want to compress the files into a single ZIP file before sending it out to others.
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Select the file you wish to compress. If you want to select multiple files, hold the “Command” key and click on the files you wish to compress. You can also select a folder or folders to compress into a single file.
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Click “File” and click “Compress” from the drop-down menu. A ZIP file of the items you selected will appear.
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Launch your Web browser and log into Gmail.
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Click the “Compose” button on the left side of the screen.
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Enter a message recipient in the To: field. Enter a message subject in the Subject field. Enter your message in the body of the email.
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Click the “Attach a file” link underneath the Subject field. A dialog window will appear.
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Navigate to and select the ZIP file you created in Step 2.
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Click the “Open” button. The file will upload and attach to the message.
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Click the “Send” button at the top of the message window.
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Tips
- You can attach up to 25MB worth of files to a Gmail message.
Warnings
- Gmail bars some file types in attachments, including files with the extensions of ".exe" and ".bat." These file types are not allowed even if they are zipped. See the Google Gmail help center for a full list of blocked file types.
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