From Windows Computers in the Animation Studios
From the Windows Explorer, locate the file or folder you would like to compress. Context-click and choose Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.
Doing so will “zip” the file or folder. The benefit for our purposes is that the process will break links to specific directory names. When you “unzip” the archive, new links to files will be established on the hard drive, specific to the file structure on that particular workstation.
To “unzip,” locate the zipped file you would like to unpack. Context-click and choose “Extract All.”
From the Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders Window, “select a destination and extract files.”
Click the “Browse” button to choose the folder where files will be extracted to.
Press the Extract to finish.
From an Apple Workstation
From the Finder, locate the file or folder you would like to compress. Context-click and choose Compress “file_name.”
Doing so will “zip” the file or folder.
To “unzip,” locate the zipped file you would like to unpack. Context-click and choose Open With > Archive Utility.app. The utility program will then unzip the file.