

If you have access to one, it’s easier to do these steps on a laptop or desktop computer. The steps to do this are a bit tricky, so this probably isn’t something a majority of iPhone users are going to want to do. I suggested using the app Goodreader for iPhone ($5). Today I replied to a tweet by someone who had been unsuccessful downloading a free ZIP file of music files from a local band’s website on her mobile phone.

In this post I’ll explain how to use the Puffin web browser (free), Dropbox app (free), and Goodreader for iPhone ($5), to download a ZIP file from a website, uncompress it and listen to individual audio files contained in it. IPhones cannot do everything a laptop computer can do, but with a few extra apps it’s possible to do more with ZIP (compressed) files than some people realize.
