How to zip files in Google Docs and macOS

Convert Google Docs to PDF and combine into one zip file

Here is a short video showing the process for converting multiple Google Docs to PDF and then compressing them into a single zip file. Video

How to combine multiple files into one compressed file with Google Drive:

1. In Google Drive, highlight all of the files you would like to compress.
   1. You can shift-click to include multiple contiguous files, or
   2. command-click to select multiple individual files.
2. Right click (control-click) on any of the highlighted files and select "Download"
   Drive will automatically combine all of your files into one compressed .zip file and download the file into your "Downloads" folder.
3. From your "Downloads" folder you can extract your original files by double clicking on the new .zip file. By default the .zip file will be named something like "drive-download-20181116T184041Z-001.zip" The extracted files will be in a new folder with the same name as the .zip file.
   

How to combine multiple files into one compressed file on your Mac:

1. In Finder, select the files you would like to compress.
2. Right-click (control-click) on any of the highlighted files and select "Compress Items"
3. This will generate a new .zip file named Archive.zip. You can rename this file as appropriate.
   
4. You can use this same process to compress an entire folder. In which case, the new .zip file will take its name from the original folder name.
5. You can extract the original files from the .zip file is