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Drag files or folders onto the drop zone, or click Choose to select items. Adjust compression and password settings on the right, then click Create Zip Archive.

Click the output location area at the bottom of the window to pick a folder. ZipVault remembers your choice between sessions using a security-scoped bookmark.

Toggle Password setting on, enter a password and confirm it. The archive will be encrypted so that extracting any file requires the password.

AES-256 (default) uses strong, modern encryption. Enable Compatibility Mode to use legacy PKWARE encryption, which is weaker but compatible with older tools that don't support AES.

When Store password is enabled, ZipVault saves the archive password in your macOS Keychain. It is stored with WhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly accessibility — device-local, never synced.

Yes. Open History, select an archive, and tap the reveal button. You'll be prompted for device-owner authentication (Touch ID or password) before the password is shown.

When enabled, ZipVault reads the archive after creation to verify its ZIP structure (end-of-central-directory record, central directory entries) and confirms whether password protection was applied correctly.

The compression dial maps to ZIP levels 0 through 9. Level 0 stores files with no compression (fastest). Level 9 applies maximum compression (smallest file size). The default is level 5 ("Normal").

The free tier lets you create archives up to 100 MB with all features (compression, encryption, validation, history).

The one-time Unlimited Archives purchase removes the 100 MB size limit. All other features are the same — there is no subscription.