How to Create Encrypted Zip Files on Mac. If you use a Mac computer in your small business, you probably have sensitive information and store private data in files and folders on your computer.

You can zip any kind of files on a Mac to save yourself some storage space. Here's how to zip a file on Mac, and compress many files into a zip file.

A variety of Mac applications compress files, but two simple commands native to macOS fulfill the same functionality--often more quickly and for less expense.