{"id":46435,"date":"2022-09-27T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=46435"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T05:42:10","slug":"tutorial-tuesday-potpourri-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2022\/09\/tutorial-tuesday-potpourri-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutorial Tuesday (Potpourri)"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNZIP Me Dahling! Updated <\/strong><\/p>\n

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PDF Version : https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dRjg2U<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a bit of a gong show at our house recently (my parents and 2 of my siblings have been down with COVID) and I’m running about 3 days behind. So rather than give you a nothing-burger tutorial, I’m going to update an older one that might come in handy in the very near future.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you but I will never<\/em> have too many digikits!! But being a digikit hoarder has its downside\u2026 All those kits have to be unzipped and organized. Who has time for that? And then there\u2019s Digital Scrapbooking Day<\/strong> (well, more like DSWeek<\/strong><\/em>!) coming up in no time, with all the fantastic new products it brings with it. That you\u2019re going to want to play with right away. What to do, what to do?<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be the first to admit that my downloads folder is a mess.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m trying to develop some better work habits, and keeping on top of unzipping is one thing that would really make a difference. So I\u2019m going to show you a terrific app I found that lets me unzip multiple files with only a few keystrokes. It\u2019s called Extract Now<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (clickable link) and it\u2019s FREE! I work in Windows<\/strong>, but there\u2019s a Mac<\/strong> version too. I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s similar in layout and behaviour, but I can\u2019t say that for sure. I\u2019ve tried a few others, one of which carried a virus\u2026 and this is the one I liked best for its ease of use. It\u2019s on my taskbar now for ease of access. The menu looks like the image below. (For newer readers, WSNH<\/strong> is code for W<\/strong>ork S<\/strong>mart, N<\/strong>ot H<\/strong>ard!)<\/p>\n

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There are several ways you can customize the performance of the app. I don\u2019t use a lot of them, but the ones I do use include letting it check for its own updates and turning off the sounds. I\u2019m surrounded by noise all day every day (if you\u2019ve ever lived in a housing development under construction, you\u2019ll know what I mean), so I don\u2019t want a bunch of added noise in my environment if I can turn it off.<\/p>\n

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In the Process<\/strong> tab, you can tell it what to do with the zip folders after they\u2019ve been extracted. At first I had the app delete them as soon as they were extracted, but I had to retrieve some stuff and now I manually delete them.<\/p>\n

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This is where Extract Now<\/strong> really shines. You can designate exactly where your unzipped files are sent by using the Destination<\/strong> tab. I had it set up to extract everything into a Downloads<\/strong> subfolder, but found I left things in there forever and eventually forgot about them. The Help<\/strong> button is really useful at showing you how to customize the app for your purposes.<\/p>\n

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I create a new folder for each kit I\u2019ve downloaded. If you\u2019re into keyboard shortcuts, hit CTRL\/CMD>Shift>N<\/strong>  and you\u2019ll have a new folder you can call whatever you want.<\/p>\n

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Over the years I\u2019ve refined how I manage my digikits. They all go into their own folder, which later becomes a subfolder within my store folders. I name them all with the same format, designer\u2019s name and kit name spelled out in full. That makes it so much easier to find what I\u2019m looking for later, and it helps too with credits when I post my layouts to various galleries.<\/p>\n

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I select all the zipped folders for each kit by clicking on the first one on the list, CTRL\/CMD>click<\/strong>ing on the last one and voil\u00e0<\/strong>!! Then I can open up Extract Now<\/strong> and drag them onto the menu.<\/p>\n

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When I click on Extract<\/strong>, a submenu opens asking me where I want the files to go. This is when I find the new folder I\u2019ve created for the kit in my Downloads<\/strong> folder and click on it.<\/p>\n

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Click on OK to All<\/strong> and the app goes to work.<\/p>\n

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You can watch the progress as your files are extracted. When all the files are successfully unzipped, you\u2019ll see green check-marks next to each one and there\u2019s a new button activated at the bottom right. Click on Clear<\/strong> and all the files are removed from your app workspace. I can extract several dozen files in a matter of a couple of minutes with this useful tool.<\/p>\n

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Like I said, I choose to manually delete the zipped folders from my kit folder, which is super-simple because they\u2019re all still selected. After I minimize or close Extract Now<\/strong>, I only have to right-click on the selected files and choose Delete<\/strong> from the menu.<\/p>\n

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We all have much better things to do with our time than extract one file at a time, right?! Give it a try and see what you think. (You can always remove the app if it doesn\u2019t work out for you.) October 1 will be here before we know it. Now go get your scrap on!<\/p>\n

PDF Version : https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dRjg2U<\/a><\/p>\n

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UNZIP Me Dahling! Updated  PDF Version : https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dRjg2U It’s been a bit of a gong show at our house recently (my parents and 2 of my siblings have been down with COVID) and I’m running about 3 days behind. So rather than give you a nothing-burger tutorial, I’m going to update an older one that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[229,102,92,420,66,293,62],"tags":[373],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 02:10:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46435"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46535,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46435\/revisions\/46535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}