 |  |  |  |
Automatically zip files according to type: Enclose can compress one or more files into a “zip” archive. Based on what you drag to Enclose, this preference determines whether to zip.
- Zip only folder, multiple files, file without extension: This “least zip” option delivers each single file without zipping if possible. A single, Internet-ready, file (dragged to Enclose) is uploaded as is (not zipped). Internet-ready files are types known to web servers, including most graphics, PDF, html, Word, Excel, and other types. A file such as a Pages or Numbers document, or any file without a file extension, is not Internet-ready. This type of file (or multiple files, or one or more folders) when dragged to Enclose, is put into a zip archive (a single Internet-ready file). Zip files are also compressed, and save space for certain kinds of files. Also, a single QuickTime movie is made Internet-ready (flattened) if need be.
- Zip all files except media (image, audio, video) and PDF: The “next least zip” option. Browser-ready Media and PDF files are often displayed in the recipient’s web browser, so that the recipient might have to use the browser’s Save command to keep the file. The non-zipped file extensions for this option are:
- Zip all files except media (image, audio, video): Same except PDF files are also zipped. This prevents PDF files from being displayed in the recipients browser (for those browsers that display PDFs).
- Zip all file types: Regardless of type, each file or files dragged to Enclose are put in a zip archive for sending. One reason to do this is to ensure that recipients receive the files as a download to their hard drive, and never appear in their web browsers.
Override zip rule for certain file extensions: To always zip or never zip certain types of files, enter the file extensions in the Always zip or Never Zip lists. The period before the extension does not need to be entered. Comparisons are case-insensitive.
QuickTime movies with external references that are zipped are not flattened, and may not be playable by recipients.
When encrypting, files are never zipped, but PGP Encryption compresses files while encrypting, unless prohibited by a recipient’s public key settings.
Files containing resource forks are sent without including the resource fork (as of Enclose 1.1).
Note: Some Mac applications (for example Keynote and Pages) store each document as a package (a folder which looks like a file in the Finder). Package documents are (and must be) always zipped for sending.
