WinZip can quickly unzip multiple files through its drag and drop interface. You can select multiple WinZip files, right click, and drag them to a folder to unzip them all with one operation. From an open folder window, highlight the WinZip files you want to Extract Right click in the highlighted area and drag to the destination folder. Open the folder using Finder, then type a single space into the search field at the top right. This will open the search options, which will default to “This Mac” (i.e. All files and folders on the computer). Click the name of the folder from which you want to extract files, which will be alongside.
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NEW! Open and edit a file in the default application or an alternate one | |||
NEW! View property info for files and folders | |||
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NEW! Copy, move, delete and multi-file rename files | No multi-file rename | ||
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NEW! Copy a cloud link to the clipboard | |||
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See the right tools for the task with the dynamic, slide-in Actions pane, which changes to display different features depending on your choices | |||
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Rotate, Resize and View full-size images directly from within a Zip file | |||
Temporarily extract Zip files using the 'Unzip and Try' feature and delete any files you do not need | |||
Extract to selectable folder location or current folder location | |||
Zip only the files you want using Include and Exclude filters | |||
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Prompting for Files or Folders
It’s generally good practice to avoid hard-coding file and folder paths in a script. Prompting the user to select files and folders makes for a more dynamic script that won’t break when paths change.
Prompting for a File
Use the Standard Additions scripting addition’s choose file
command to prompt the user to select a file. Listing 26-1 and Listing 26-2 demonstrate how to use this command to display the simple file selection dialog with a custom prompt shown in Figure 26-1.
APPLESCRIPT
Listing 26-1AppleScript: Prompting for a fileset theDocument to choose file with prompt 'Please select a document to process:'
--> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Documents:ImportantDoc.pages'
JAVASCRIPT
Listing 26-2JavaScript: Prompting for a filevar app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
var document = app.chooseFile({
withPrompt: 'Please select a document to process:'
})
document
// Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Documents/ImportantDoc.pages')
Prompting for a Specific Type of File
If your script requires specific types of files for processing, you can use the choose file
command’s optional of type
parameter to provide a list of acceptable types. Types may be specified as extension strings without the leading period (such as 'jpg'
or 'png'
) or as uniform type identifiers (such as 'public.image'
or 'com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages'
). Listing 26-3 and Listing 26-4 show how to prompt for an image.
APPLESCRIPT
Listing 26-3AppleScript: Prompting for an imageset theImage to choose file with prompt 'Please select an image to process:' of type {'public.image'}
--> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0024.jpg'
JAVASCRIPT
Listing 26-4JavaScript: Prompting for an imagevar app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
var image = app.chooseFile({
withPrompt: 'Please select an image to process:',
ofType: ['public.image']
})
image
// Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0024.jpg')
Prompting for Multiple Files
To let the user choose more than one file, include the choose file
command’s optional multiple selections allowed
parameter. Listing 26-5 and Listing 26-6 display a prompt asking for multiple images, as shown in Figure 26-2.
APPLESCRIPT
Listing 26-5AppleScript: Prompting for multiple imagesset theImages to choose file with prompt 'Please select some images to process:' of type {'public.image'} with multiple selections allowed
--> Result: {alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0024.jpg', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0025.jpg', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Pictures:IMG_0026.jpg'}
JAVASCRIPT
Listing 26-6JavaScript: Prompting for multiple imagesvar app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
var images = app.chooseFile({
withPrompt: 'Please select some images to process:',
ofType: ['public.image'],
multipleSelectionsAllowed: true
})
images
// Result: [Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0024.jpg'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0025.jpg'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Pictures/IMG_0026.jpg')]
Prompting for a Folder
Use the Standard Additions scripting addition’s choose folder
command to prompt the user to select a folder, such as an output folder or folder of images to process. Listing 26-7 and Listing 26-8 demonstrate how to use this command to display the simple folder selection dialog with a custom prompt shown in Figure 26-3.
APPLESCRIPT
Listing 26-7AppleScript: Prompting for a folderset theOutputFolder to choose folder with prompt 'Please select an output folder:'
--> Result: alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:'
JAVASCRIPT
Listing 26-8JavaScript: Prompting for a foldervar app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
var outputFolder = app.chooseFolder({
withPrompt: 'Please select an output folder:'
})
outputFolder
// Result: Path('/Users/yourUserName/Desktop')
Prompting for Multiple Folders
To let the user choose more than one folder, include the choose folder
command’s optional multiple selections allowed
parameter, as shown in Listing 26-9 and Listing 26-10.
APPLESCRIPT
Listing 26-9AppleScript: Prompting for multiple foldersset theFoldersToProcess to choose folder with prompt 'Please select the folders containing images to process:' with multiple selections allowed
--> Result: {alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Desktop:', alias 'Macintosh HD:Users:yourUserName:Documents:'}
Batch Extract Files From Folders
JAVASCRIPT
Listing 26-10JavaScript: Prompting for multiple foldersvar app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true
var foldersToProcess = app.chooseFolder({
withPrompt: 'Please select an output folder:',
multipleSelectionsAllowed: true
})
foldersToProcess
// Result: [Path('/Users/yourUserName/Desktop'), Path('/Users/yourUserName/Documents')]
How Do I Extract Files From Multiple Folders On A Mac
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