When we download the whole catalogue of a brand new netlabel, we often get a bunch of compressed archives (ZIP/RAR format), one for release. Something like this:
eldino001.zip
eldino002.zip
eldino003.zip
eldino004.zip
…
If you want to extract them one by one, you will need a lot of time. But since we don’t want to waste our time extracting stuff, we will search for a batch extracting software that will do the dirty job for us. We need something that does this automagically:
eldino001.zip => C:\eldinonetlabel.com\eldino001\
eldino002.zip => C:\eldinonetlabel.com\eldino002\
eldino003.zip => C:\eldinonetlabel.com\eldino003\
eldino004.zip => C:\eldinonetlabel.com\eldino004\
…
For Windows, the best batch extracting tool is ExtractNow and it’s freeware and lightweight.
1. select all the ZIP/RAR archives you want to batch extract and drag&drop them into Extract Now window:
2. click on Extract:
3. have a tea while ExtractNow does its task:
If the exctraction goes fine, ExtractNow will trash the archive, else it will advice you (ex. when an archive is corrupted).
If you are a Mac user, you can select all the ZIPs, right click, Open With -> BOMArchiver.
ExtractNow is saving me hours of time and tons of pain, check it out, you will not come back
ITALIAN VERSION OF THIS POST: here.



Se posso, consiglio anche 7Zip, ha pure lui, tal funzione.
OT: automagically, sembra di sentire un mio docente in università, è fantastico leggere in giro questa parola.
no con 7zip non puoi farlo, ti estrae tutto ma non in cartelle singole e separate
fa un casino immane. ecco perchè esistono tools come ExtractNow pensati per questo scopo
automagically rules
anche il tuo professore legge “il blog di eldino” lol
Allora ho letto male di cosa riusciva a fare ExtractNow in confronto a 7Zip, sorry.
OT: ma può ben essere
, è il tipico informatico, e lui tiene il corso di Sistemi Operativi, e proprio quando un’operazione sembra fantasmagorica, dice: automagicamente.
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