On the command line, this should work for tgz: COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar cvzf release.tgz file1 dir1 dir2 ... or for zip: zip -r -X release.zip folder_

On the command line, this should work for tgz: COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar cvzf release.tgz file1 dir1 dir2 ... or for zip: zip -r -X release.zip folder_to_compress via http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9665/create-tar-archive-of-a-directory-except-for-hidden-files http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9665/create-tar-arch... and http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-compress-and-uncompress-files-and-folders-in-os-x-lion-10-7-using-terminal/ http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-compress-and-unco...