My Passport for Mac portable storage works straight out of the box with Mac devices which makes it easy to get going quickly – drag and drop files to and from, or setup a backup routine with Apple’s Time Machine software to help protect your photos, videos, music and documents.

Compress the ECM file (i.e. Filename.bin.ecm) using your favorite compression program (i.e. Back up, transmit via Internet, or whatever you normally do with CD images! When you want to burn the CD again, extract the original CD image from the ECM file.

WinZip was on the first file compression and decompression applications for Windows and still remains popular. It's taken years to reach the Mac and although not as effective or as popular as the Windows version, WinZip for Mac offers some interesting features.

The first thing you notice is that WinZip for Mac features a much slicker and user friendly interface than the Windows version. However, you soon realise that it supports far fewer formats namely (ZIP, Zipx, RAR, LHA, 7Z) which offers no major advantages over Stuffit which supports thirty different file types. Improved support for Mac application bundles (.app), with the option to view package contents before unzipping. You can also extract individual applications in a Zip file directly into your applications folder. Option to include hidden files when zipping, in order to preserve the full content, structure, and presentation of file folders. Ability to extract an even wider range of compressed file types, including files without Zip or Zipx extensions(such as.jar and.war files). Enhanced interface gives an at a glance breakdown of file sizes before and after compression, showing you exactly how much space was saved by zipping.

'Zip and Email' feature now allows you to resize and compress your high-resolution photos before attaching them to your email, reducing their size and optimizing them to fit standard computer screens. 'Zip & Burn' compressed files to CD/DVD. Changes • Improved support for Mac application bundles (.app), with the option to view package contents before unzipping.

You can also extract individual applications in a Zip file directly into your applications folder. Option to include hidden files when zipping, in order to preserve the full content, structure, and presentation of file folders. Ability to extract an even wider range of compressed file types, including files without Zip or Zipx extensions(such as.jar and.war files). Enhanced interface gives an at a glance breakdown of file sizes before and after compression, showing you exactly how much space was saved by zipping. 'Zip and Email' feature now allows you to resize and compress your high-resolution photos before attaching them to your email, reducing their size and optimizing them to fit standard computer screens.

'Zip & Burn' compressed files to CD/DVD. WinZip supports the following formats ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, LHA, 7Z.