ZipIt is a Macintosh program to zip and unzip files. The zip format is popular on the Microsoft¿ Windows¬ platform, as well as on Unix systems and other operating systems.
Complete documentation is provided in the file "ZipIt documentation." Be sure to refer to the documentation if you have any difficulty using ZipIt. Note that you can access the various chapters in the documentation, after you double-click the "ZipIt documentation" icon, by using the "Chapters" menu.
You can automatically decompress an archive by dragging it onto ZipIt and then holding down the option key. Alternatively, if the archive is a ZipIt document, you can double-click on it and then hold down the option key. The file "Drop files here to zip", included in the Goodies folder, will automatically compress files. You must have AppleScript installed.
If you have problems when creating segmented archives, please choose Set Segment Size from the Zip menu, then save the segments. Note that you can only segment archives in which all compressed files use the Deflation method.
PKUnzip requires that all disks containing segmented archives be named PKBACK# XXX, where XXX is the number of the disk, starting at 001. In addition, all segments must have the same filename. You must make sure that all segments have the same filename if you are planning to unzip your archive on a PC.
If you have questions that are not answered here, please refer to the ZipIt web site at http://www.maczipit.com/. Most questions are answered in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section.
Beta testing ZipIt. Before new versions of ZipIt are released publicly, they are made available to a group of people for beta testing. If you would like to help test future versions of ZipIt, send email to zipit-announce-request@maczipit.com with the subject "subscribe". I would like to thank all of ZipIt's beta testers for the hard work they have done, and for helping to make ZipIt into the solid product it is today. I would especially like to thank Michael French for the extensive testing he has done in beta versions of ZipIt 1.4.
To register ZipIt online, you may also visit the above web site. You will receive your password via email in minutes.
Expect long delays when registering via U.S. Mail. You may need to wait 6-8 weeks if you register via the postal service. Please register online if at all possible. However, if you have been waiting for longer than 8 weeks for your password, please email registration@maczipit.com.
About the Goodies:
Also included in this archive is an AppleScript droplet, called ZipIt drop box, onto which you may drop any file (or group of files) and have ZipIt automatically zip those files. You must have AppleScript already installed in order to use the drop box. Thanks to Kem Tekinay for writing this useful tool. Finally, the file ╥macszip╙ is a Unix shell script which will zip, MacBinary, and send ZModem a set of files, with ZipIt as their creator. Thanks to Paul Gilmartin for writing this tool and also for the extensive beta testing he has done.
If you do not have AppleScript, you cannot use the ZipIt drop box. If you do not have a Unix account, you cannot use macszip.
Shareware:
ZipIt is $15 shareware. You should register online if at all possible, at http://www.maczipit.com/. If you cannot register online, you should print a completed registration form, and mail it with a check drawn on a US or Canadian bank for US$15, and mail it to the address specified on the registration form.
Foreign users must either mail a US check, or an international money order. No foreign checks will be accepted. If the above two options are not possible, then users outside the United States and Canada should register online with a credit card.
CORPORATIONS: The cost of ZipIt is $15 per individual. Organizations that wish to register ZipIt should pay $15 for each user who will be using ZipIt. For $225, a site license may be obtained for a small company at one physical site. This is intended for small sites, i.e., approximately 30-50 users. For more than one site, or for distribution arrangements, please contact me. Corporate registrations, including site licenses, should not use SoftLock.
ZipIt may be freely distributed, so long as it is not sold for profit, and registration passwords are not distributed. Express permission is granted to online services and other shareware/public domain distribution avenues to carry ZipIt. Express permission is further granted to include ZipIt on CD-ROMs or floppy disks accompanying books, or on shareware collections, provided that no more than a nominal compilation and/or media fee is charged for these collections.
You can contact me as follows (email greatly preferred):
