The zip command.

Archive a file — or a whole folder — with one rename.

Report/Report.zip

Works on: Files and folders · The command disappears once the job is done · Original backed up first

macOS can zip from the right-click menu, but the rename version is faster than it sounds: you're usually renaming the archive anyway. Type .zip at the end of a folder's name and RenameTo builds the archive in place — original folder preserved, archive named what you just typed.

It composes with the rest of the system: a folder of exports becomes Report.zip, ready to attach, in the same gesture you'd use to fix a typo.

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