This category contains articles, tutorials, and information about all kinds of archive file formats. Find out how to convert archive files or compress files and create archives online.
For those of you who have watched the popular reality show, Hoarder, seeing a friend or neighbor storing stacks of boxes with trivial items or trash may not be such a surprise. However, hoarding doesn’t only involve physical objects. There are many people who hoard digital items such as movies, comics, tv shows, songs, and applications. These people go by the name “Digital Hoarder”.
When it comes to making file archives, one usually chooses between ZIP and RAR. These two file types have been the top choices for decades. Is there a major difference between these two so that we can say one format is better than the other is?
Let’s have a closer look at these two formats from the following perspectives: compression ratio and, speed, availability, and licensing.… Read the rest
If you’re someone who loves downloading software from the internet, you will most likely have encountered files with .tgz, .tar.gz, or even .tar.bz2. Still wondering what those files are? Well, read on and you will learn more about them.
TAR is short for Tape Archive. It’s a common file format to use in the Unix/Linux world when you need to package source codes. A TAR file is just that, an archive.… Read the rest
There will come a time when you will want to upgrade your Mac. Whenever that happens, it is a great feeling. However, what about all the files and apps you have on your old Mac? What happens to them? This guide on how to move apps and files from Mac to Mac can help. It will take some clicks and tweaking, but it can all be done in no time.
While there is always the option of using an external hard drive, this is a much easier way.… Read the rest
Nothing could be worse than doing some really hard work on a project using Microsoft Excel, only to lose some, if not all. This often happens to people due to several scenarios. In some cases, a person may close out the file accidentally without saving it. Other times, their computer may crash without warning. A few may have the device they are using, freeze and stop working. No matter which one of these or other things happened, it is a nightmare.… Read the rest
Billions upon billions of files are shared throughout the world via the web everyday. Not too long ago though, many of the files shared with others were problematic. They were either troublesome for the recipient or the sender. In most cases, for both. The reason for some of these problems were due to the types of files that were being sent or shared. Some files were either too big, or in the wrong format.… Read the rest
A decade or so ago, none of us could have ever imagine that we would be able to store our files in a virtual ‘cloud’ someday. Yet that is exactly what has transpired with the invention of cloud computing services. These days, there are many advantages to storing your files on a cloud server. The only questions for those that are not making use of the cloud is why not and what are you waiting for?… Read the rest
The amount of files and data a person can accumulate over a period of time, can quickly fill out their hard drives or cloud storage space. Because of that, many people have to look for ways to reduce the amount of space those files are taking up. Since deleting those files, is often not an option, resorting to file compression is another alternative. However, before you begin to convert your files, or compress them, you need to know about the methods available.… Read the rest
It happens to all of us. We have all opened up a file while using Windows and it ends up opening up with the wrong program, or one that you do not really want to use. Just in case that has happened to you, here are several easy ways to change file associations in Windows. This tutorial covers Windows XP, Vista, 8, 7, and even Windows 10.
When it comes to documents, videos and audio files, there are simply way too many different types of formats available.… Read the rest
In the past, we at Online-Convert.com have given you many information about different raster and vector image file formats. We talked about all kinds of lossy and lossless audio files as well as e-book files that are compatible with particular e-reading devices. Different kinds of document files and video containers and codecs have been discussed here as well.
One particular file type, however, is missing. Until today!
Lets have a look at all the different archive file formats, the compression methods they use and more!… Read the rest
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