Zipping your files is also an effective solution to conserve space and share them quickly. If you want to make those family photos or office documents available for future generations, here's how.

Will you be able to open today’s Word docs in 20 years? Probably not, unless you take some necessary steps to give those digital files an extra-long shelf life.

When you "zip" a file, you'll compress its data and reduce how much space it takes up on your computer or phone.

Once you unzip a file on your Chromebook, you can copy and paste its contents to any other folder on the computer.