Compress Files Keyboard Shortcut macOS

Below is a quick and easy guide that will allow you to quickly and easily compress any number of files in finder on your Mac.

You can of course just use the right click method and select 'Compress x Items' but who doesn't love a keyboard shortcut? I use keyboard shortcuts wherever possible and I am sure there are many others that do too.

Open System Preferences and select Keyboard

Select Shortcuts

Select App Shortcuts

Select '+'

Select Finder in the Application dropdown box

Enter Compress as the Menu Title

Click in the box area next to Keyboard Shortcut:

Enter your shortcut: Command+Shift+C and select Add

That is the keyboard shortcut setup complete. You can test it by opening Finder, selecting some files and pressing your keyboard shortcut

If the setup has worked you will now see an Archive.zip file