When I right click on a file, the pop-up doesn’t contain the “Compress” option. Where is it now?
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
BTW, there's another possible reason: if you name the file with ".zip" on the end, the Compress command is hidden.
I've had multiple people do this.
BTW, there's another possible reason: if you name the file with ".zip" on the end, the Compress command is hidden.
I've had multiple people do this.
I have the exact same issue - I right-click any file and there is no "compress" option. I am trying to send a file to tech support of an application I use, and they need the file to be in zip format. Their instructions say to right click (or option-click) and select "compress"....
Hard to do when the option doesn't exist!
Where in the world did it go?
It's still there, between Get Info and Burn "file name" to Disc…. It is also in the File menu — File > Compress "file name" — between Get Info and Duplicate.
It's not there on my Mac, but it was before.
I had this issue - the right click menu didn't contain compress and it was greyed out in the file menu. I checked permissions on the file which is all the Apple support suggests, and I did have read/write access. The file I was trying to compress was in my dropbox folder, so as an experiment I copied it to my Documents folder and that worked, I got the menu option on the right click again. Hope this helps.
If the folder you are looking at is Dynamically created, you can't do a compress. If you have selected "All My Files" in finder or you have done a search (this includes "Smart Folders") you will not have access to "Compress".
Very helpful, many thanks.
can’t find compress option
