The 7z archive format supports Aes-256 encryption, approved by NSA to protect classified Top Secret information. The ability to handle password-protected archives has been only recently introduced in 7zX, but certainly represents a welcome addiction. 7zX is capable of create self-extracting archives, compatible with any Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.3 or higher. When sending data, it is essential to make sure that every user capable of receiving your files will be also able of opening them. 7zX can preserve these informations, archiving them together with regular data in 7z archives.
The Mac OS stores important informations such as icons, creation/modification dates, type and creator, user privileges and Spotlight metadata in a particular construct, named resource fork.
As with all Universal Binary software, 7zX is also compatible with older PowerPC based Macs. For Mac OS's 10.4+Īll components included in 7zX are Universal Binaries they are designed and built to provide the best possible performance on Apple’s new Intel based Macintosh computers. 7zX version 1.7.1 is an archive creation/extraction tool based on 7-Zip.
