scoobyboy

i need to send a file which is 25mb (part of a workshop manual) to someone but my isp (virgin ) will only let me send up to 10mb files. is there any way to sort of shrink the file but will still open ok at the other end and be read as normal.
im on a g5 mac using tiger if thats any help

lightning101

You can use maczip to create a multi file zip to create say 5 x 5mb files, which can be extracted as one at the other end.

RichB

ctrl+click on the file and choose 'create an archive' and see how big it is.

scoobyboy

is maczip a separate program or would i already have installed somewhere?
done the control and click thing which has created a file that looks like it's got a zip on it but what do i do with it?

Markus

Take the .zip file and go into mail and click the attach button, then locate the .zip file and click 'choose' this will add it as an attachement to the message, which you can then send.

scoobyboy

still won't send it due to it still being to big for the isp any more ideas? i need to get it below 10mb, as it is at the minute it's 27mb

Markus

One other option would be to try one of the Stuffit products. I think there is a free download of 'DropStuff'. So you'd drag and drop the original on the DropStuff icon and it'll compress it. It might make it smaller than 10MB then again, maybe not.

One other thing I can think of would be to segment the file (Stuffit deluxe can do this) into several small chunks, then send each in a separate email, then once the chap has got them all, expand the first bit, it'll ask for the others and then you'll eventually get the file reconstructed. It is a tad time consuming though.

Final thought, maybe zip the file, put it on a website or ftp site and then get him to download it.