Our website has many large files available in zipped or compressed format. The result is a smaller file that downloads faster. If you haven't used zipped files before, or are having trouble working with them, this tutorial is to help you.
Zipped files known by many names, see the table to the right, but in this document called "zipped files" are one or more files on a computer disk that have been combined into a single file in a space-efficient manner to reduce their total file size. This is very useful when disk space is limited or when people download files. Since multiple files can be stored in a zipped file, a single file can be downloaded then unzipped to easily download many files at once.
You can think of a zipped file as a set of books on a shelf :. The set of books is arranged so that they take a very small amount of space, but you can't use or read them while arranged in this compressed manner. In order to work with zipped files, they must be unzipped or extracted first. Windows has a built in program called Windows Compressed Folders which can do this for you. If you follow the instructions below for Windows Compressed Folders, but a different program opens, you can still follow the instructions listed, and it should generally still work.
Other software programs exist for zipping and unzipping files. If you want to place the unzipped files in a location other than the current folder in which the ZIP folder is stored, do the following: Click Browse Click the name of the folder in which you want to store the unzipped folder. Click Select Folder.
It's at the bottom of the window. Your ZIP file's contents will extract to an unzipped folder in the selected location. Now you can work with the files inside the folder. Method 2. Copy the ZIP folder to a different location optional. When you unzip a file, the contents will be extracted to the same folder as the ZIP file. If you want to extract the contents somewhere else, you can move ZIP file before unzipping. Here's how: Click once the ZIP folder to select it. Click Edit in the upper-left side of the screen.
Click Copy in the drop-down menu. Go to the folder in which you want to store the ZIP folder. Click Edit again, then click Paste. Double-click the ZIP folder. The contents of the ZIP will now extract to a new folder in the current folder.
When the files are finished extracting, the folder containing your files will appear. Method 3. Open a terminal window.
Switch to the ZIP file directory. Type cd and a space, type the path to the folder in which the ZIP is located, and press Enter. Enter the "unzip" command. Type in unzip file. This extracts the files to the current directory. If the file's name has spaces in it, you'll place quotation marks on either side of "file.
The Linux unzip command doesn't create a new folder for the unzipped files. Method 4. Open the Files app. It's the blue icon labeled "Files" in your app list. Go to the location of the ZIP file.
If the file is on your iPhone, for example, tap On My iPhone. And if it's saved in a certain folder, tap that folder to open it now. Zip file, skip down to the bottom section titled Common Problems.
On a Mac, just double-click on the file and a new folder will appear that contains all of your digital decorations. Or, if you plan to run your digital downloads directly from your computer, then drag the files to wherever you would like to store them. On a PC, you will need to right-click the folder and then choose uncompress or unzip from the drop-down menu list of options.
A new folder will appear that contains all of your digital decorations. We also recommend keeping a back-up for safety. AtmosFX always recommends using a desktop or laptop computer to download your files. Downloading to a phone or tablet is possible, but it requires extra steps, and you may not have enough free space. For more information, please visit this Help Center article:. Can I use my phone or tablet to access digital downloads? If your. Zip file will not open, you should receive an error message which will explain what is happening.
Here are three common causes for this problem which you can explore. Go to that folder and you will see that the files have been extracted. How do you download a zip folder? Double-click the ZIP folder.
Doing so will open it. Click Extract. Click Extract all. Why to use zip files? A ZIP file is used to store data, which supports looseness data compression. Basically it increases the free space in the hard disk by compressing the files.
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