Nowadays, we actively depend on our smartphones to take photos and videos of our daily lives. However, sharing these memories with other people can sometimes be inconvenient, especially when sharing a large number of media at the same time. Fortunately, you can zip photos and videos on recent iPhones, allowing you to compress these files and store them as a single zip file, which the recipient can then decompress. The process works similarly on the latest iPads, too. So whether you've got an iPhone 14 Pro Max or a different iDevice, the steps are pretty much the same. Here's how to compress photos and videos on iOS and iPadOS.
- Launch the Photos app on your iPhone.
- Select the photos and/or videos that you would like to add to a zip file.
- Click on the Share button in the bottom left corner.
- Tap on Save to Files from the Share menu.
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Select the destination folder, and click on Save in the top right corner.
- Launch the Files app on your iPhone.
- Navigate to the folder where you've saved the photos/videos.
- Click and hold on it (Haptic Touch) and choose Compress.
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Voilà! You now have a zip file that includes all the photos and videos you've chosen. You can share the zip through your favorite apps, assuming they support zip files or even upload it to a cloud if you'd rather just share a link with others.
As you can see, creating a zip file for photos and videos on an iPhone or iPad is very straightforward. The process is similar if you're trying to compress other file types, too. Not only will this makes it easier to organize and send large file batches, but in some cases, it can also decrease the storage space consumed by these files when compared to their individual, uncompressed sizes.