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From: Tom Harrington on 10 Feb 2010 17:47
In article <sehix-0CEE37.09582310022010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:

> In article
> <593c0644-7783-49ca-a779-c4e3247f86cd(a)z26g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:
>
> > V10.6.2
> > When I highlight a 2.7 mb file on desktop and click on compress on
> > finder file pulldown menu the result is a 2.6 mb zip. That is hardly
> > worth the effort when I need a file less than 1 mb in size. Is this
> > the best it can do, or am I missing some technique?
>
> Completely depends on the source being compressed. Some things, like
> jpeg files, may not compress much at all, other types of files can
> compress a lot.

And in some cases, attempting to compress a file that can't be
compressed will give you a bigger file than the one you started out with.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Steve Hix on 10 Feb 2010 18:27
In article <tph-A4D755.15473910022010(a)localhost>,
Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:

> In article <sehix-0CEE37.09582310022010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
> Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <593c0644-7783-49ca-a779-c4e3247f86cd(a)z26g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
> > Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:
> >
> > > V10.6.2
> > > When I highlight a 2.7 mb file on desktop and click on compress on
> > > finder file pulldown menu the result is a 2.6 mb zip. That is hardly
> > > worth the effort when I need a file less than 1 mb in size. Is this
> > > the best it can do, or am I missing some technique?
> >
> > Completely depends on the source being compressed. Some things, like
> > jpeg files, may not compress much at all, other types of files can
> > compress a lot.
>
> And in some cases, attempting to compress a file that can't be
> compressed will give you a bigger file than the one you started out with.

The which is a bit startling the first time you see it happen.
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