It’s a shame that neither macOS nor Windows have good built-in GUI support for encrypting ZIP archives.
(Not very safe) encryption via shell:
zip -re FILES.zip FILES/
MacOS supports decryption of such files (I don’t know about Windows).
Safer: AES-256 encryption
• MacOS app: https://www.keka.io/en/
• Windows app: https://www.7-zip.org/
Axel Rauschmayer
npub10f…ardvy
2026-06-01 15:08:15 UTC
Author Public Key
npub10faqj7xvgmhhl42glvf9u5wqfhnafjnrjst6yx6k4227xugupvuqzardvyPublished at
2026-06-01 15:08:15 UTCEvent JSON
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