COMPRESS JPEG PHOTOS AND IMAGES BY UP TO 30% – With its revolutionary new photo compression technology, ZipMagic archives what no other compression product has been able to do – reduce the size of JPEG photos and images up to 30% with absolutely no loss in image quality! Where existing archive technologies such as zip are unable to further compress JPEG photos, ZipMagic’s patent-pending technology enables users to fit more data onto CDs, DVDs, and other storage and backup media. This provides significant bandwidth saving for professionals, businesses, and hobbyists looking to share images over the Internet or on the network!

VIRUS PROTECTION – ZipMagic now includes new ways to protect users from receiving viruses embedded in compressed archives. ZipMagic works with installed virus scanning software (including solutions from McAfee, Symantec, Computer Associates, Trend Micro and all popular anti-virus software) to scan all files automatically when they are expanded from an archive.

ZIPFOLDERS® BUILT IN – ZipMagic Deluxe 9 includes ZipFolders®, exclusive patented technology that allows users’ computers to open zip archives as if they were regular Windows folders. Only ZipMagic allows users to access zipped files directly from the Open dialog of all favorite applications. Users can even modify compressed files and save them back into the zip archive without ever having to decompress it. ZipFolders, sets a new standard for transparent access to all zipped files.

USER INTERFACE – An updated interface makes ZipMagic even easier to use and gives the user greater customization options. Also the Wizards were updated adding new functionality.

COMPRESSION SPEED AND COMPRESSION RATES – ZipMagic 9 is faster than earlier versions and the compression methods were optimized to produce even smaller archives.

CROSS PLATFORM SUPPORT – ZipMagic now preserves the Macintosh OS file information under Windows.

CONSOLE APPLICATION – ZipMagic now includes a Console application designed specifically to allow users to script ZipMagic functions in a Windows console environment.

SYSTEM TRAY LAUNCHER – Now access all of ZipMagic’s major functions and features from the System Tray, giving the user another convenient way to access or compress their files and images.

WHOLE ARCHIVE ENCRYPTIONS – ZipMagic now has the ability to encrypt a whole archive so that a password is required to open and browse the contents of the archives.

DISKINDEX – Now faster than earlier versions, users can create a searchable index of any CD or DVD. They can list all the files stored on the disc and the contents of any archives on a disc, enabling them to quickly browse and search CDs and DVDs even when the discs are not inserted in the computer. The Disk Index works in tandem with ZipMagic’s powerful ArchiveSearch™ feature, which browses and searches archives still stored on the computer hard drive.

INSTANTLY ACCESS ANY COMPRESSED, ARCHIVED, OR BACKED UP FILE – The new Disk Index utility in ZipMagic Deluxe 8.5 allows users to create a searchable index of any CD or DVD. They can list all the files stored on the disc and the contents of any archives on a disc, enabling them to quickly browse and search CDs and DVDs even when the discs are not inserted in the computer. The Disk Index works in tandem with ZipMagic's powerful ArchiveSearch(tm) feature, which browses and searches archives still stored on the computer hard drive.

AUTOMATE ANY BACKUP PROCESS AND RUN IT LIKE CLOCKWORK – The Scheduler utility in ZipMagic Deluxe lets users take tasks created with a ZipMagic Wizard and schedule them so they run automatically on a regular basis. Users can build powerful rules to add files to a backup archive based on whether the files match a set of predefined criteria. For example, ZipMagic can automatically back up all files in the "My Documents" folder that have changed since the last time a backup was run.

NOW COMPRESS WITHOUT LEAVING OFFICE 2003 – ZipMagic Deluxe now fully supports the Word, Excel, and Outlook components of Office 2003, so files can be compressed directly from within Microsoft Office 2003. ZipMagic adds several new tools to the toolbar at the top of these Office applications, enabling users to save or send files as compressed files, or to open archived files, without leaving the Word, Excel, or Outlook screen.

MORE WAYS TO RESOLVE FILENAME CONFLICTS AND COLLISIONS – ZipMagic Deluxe provides an expanded range of options for resolving name collisions that occur when adding files to an archive -- or expanding files to the file system -- and another file of the same name already exists there. By default, ZipMagic prompts the user to resolve name conflicts on a case by case basis. Alternatively, ZipMagic can replace the existing file with the one moved by ZipMagic, or automatically rename the file being moved so its name becomes unique. ZipMagic can also compare the modification dates of the file being moved and the existing file and keep the newer of the two, or skip the conflicting file so it will not be expanded or added to the archive.

MERGE FOLDER CONTENTS MORE EASILY – ZipMagic Deluxe now provides the option of merging the contents of two folders. If a name conflict occurs for individual files within the folders being merged, they can be handled according to the options described above.

SIMPLY RIGHT-CLICK TO ARCHIVE OR COMPRESS FROM WITHIN WINDOWS – A new ZipMagic Archive context menu provides an expanded range of options when opening an archive, compressed file, or encoded file using the Windows Explorer context menu. The context menu lets users create archives in a Windows Explorer folder without first having to launch the ZipMagic application. Users just have to right-click within a folder in Windows Explorer, My Computer, or My Documents to launch the ZipMagic context menu.

FASTER COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION – Many significant improvements have been made to the ZipMagic X file format to offer greater speed.

IMPROVED USER INTERFACE – A new ZipMagic Start Page provides a location from which users can access any of the components of the ZipMagic Deluxe suite and find help and other resources.

CONVENIENTLY SEGMENT OVERLY LARGE ARCHIVES – ZipMagic X file format supports the creation of segments from archives larger than 4 gigabytes in size. Users can also browse and extract files from segmented ZipMagic X archives.