Locked files on a MAC
When a file is locked on a MAC, you cannot compress the directory containing it. Even if the locked file is way down is some subdirectory. This should be changed by the MAC developers. Compressing files doesn't change the file in any way. It makes a copy.
Also, attempting to unlock a file is combersome. A simple keyboard or popup menu to unlock the file would be easy to do and VERY USEFUL. Just add a Lock/Unlock menu item to the popup menu for a file or directory.
An option to do that recursively (for all files in a directory, down to the lowest level) would also be VERY USEFUL.
When will the MAC developers start listening to their users?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7