When you "zip" a file, you'll compress its data and reduce how much space it takes up on your computer or phone.

When was the last time you had to create a zip file? Personally, I have to interact with those types of files all the time (either receiving or sending them to various clients, family, and friends).

You can't create zip files on your iPad, but opening zip files is easy to do. Here's how to open zip files on an iPad and extract their contents.

If you don’t already have a ZIP file created, you can simply select all your files, right-click on them, and select Compress to > Zip file. However, if you want to add more files to an existing zip ...