I think that's what I better do. On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Robert Hill <molliesda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What worked for me is not to have Safari open the downloaded file. > Then when I go to the downloads folder, each zipped file has the correct name. > I just unzip them, and put the folders where I want them. > > Bob Hill > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Richard Ring <richr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> One of the nice things about downloading books from the National Library >> Service (NLS) on the Mac is that if you have the check box in Safari >> preferences that says "open safe files after download" checked, Safari will >> extract the archived files you download from NLS and place them in their own >> folders. This makes it very convenient so when you want to copy these books >> to a device that can read them, all you have to do is copy the folder for >> each book and you're good to go. >> Now, here is the problem I had. I admit from the outset that I'm weird. I >> decided on September first that I wanted to download all of the Harry Potter >> novels, because I could, and because I could then read them whenever I >> wanted. Well, what the Mac did, was give each Bard book the same folder >> name, almost. It named each folder DB-JK and DB-JK2 and so on. So, I >> couldn't tell which book was which. So, I deleted the 3 books I downloaded, >> and started over. This time, I downloaded one book at a time, and renamed >> each folder with the correct name for each book. >> Now, finally, for my question. Is there an easier way I could have >> accomplished this? >> Thanks for reading this long message. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
