Logikcull's recommended zip utilities for Windows and Mac operating systems
If you're required to ZIP a large file upload, a Production Upload, or re-combine a spanned ZIP into a single volume, Logikcull recommends one of the following utilities.
Windows Applications
APPLICATION | COST | PROS/CONS | RANKING |
Free to trial | Supports multi-part archives | 1 | |
Free | Supports multi-part archives | 2 | |
Built-in Windows compression tool | Free/Native on Windows OS | Does not support multi-part archives | 3 |
Mac Applications
APPLICATION | COST | PROS/CONS | RANKING |
Free to trial | Supports multi-part archives | 1 | |
Free | Does not support multi-part archives | 2 | |
Build in Mac compression tool | Free/Native on Mac OS | ZIPs created from Mac's build in compression option may be incompatible with Logikcull due to the way Mac OS treats ZIP encoding. | 3 |
Free | Supports multi-part archives | 4 |
Multi-part archives / spanned ZIPs
Multi-part archives create multiple smaller sub-containers from one source (.z01, .z02, .z03). Spanned zip files (.z01, .z02, .z03) must be recombined into a single volume prior to uploading into Logikcull.