There is an easy method of sending large numbers of files,
including pictures, to anyone. It is called "zipping"
files. The process involves taking any number of files and
putting them into one "zipped" file, and then sending the zipped
file as an attachment to an E-Mail. This will work with
any type of file from MS Word files to pictures.
Note: Some E-Mail
programs have a limit on the maximum file size that can be sent
using their system. If the zipped file is larger than
that, you will usually get an error message that the E-Mail
won't be sent. If that happens, the "work around" is to
make more than one "Transfer File" (you can call them "Transfer
File 1", "Transfer File 2", etc. and put some of the files you
plan to send in each of the smaller transfer files. You
would then send "Transfer File 1" attached to one E-Mail,
"Transfer File 2" attached to a second E-Mail, etc. If you
are sending a large number of files, this is still easier than
attaching all those file to an E-Mail, one at a time.
The maximum that my E-Mail
program will allow as attachments is 50 MB. This will
allow a very large number of MS Word files or pdf files, but
only 10 to 20 pictures. |
This procedure is for Windows:
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1. |
Using
Windows Explorer (Not Internet Explorer) or My Computer, make a
new folder. Call it something like "File Transfer". |
2. |
Locate & put all the files you want
to send into the folder "File Transfer". The files can be
any format. ie. pictures, word files, etc. |
3. |
Right click on the folder name "File
Transfer", and click on "Send to" and then on "compressed
(zipped) folder".
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4. |
A new zipped folder will be created
in the same folder as the folder you just zipped. It will have
the same name as the folder you just zipped but will have ".zip"
at the end of it - "File Transfer.zip". The icon to the left of
the zipped folder name will look like the icons to the left of
other folders except that it will have a vertical stripe through
it. Your computer will automatically zip all the files that were
in "File Transfer" into one zipped folder "File Transfer.zip".
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5. |
Send the zipped file, "File
Transfer.zip", as an attachment to an E-Mail. The person
receiving the E-Mail can download the attachment, double click
on it, and will see all the files you put in it.
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This procedure is for a MAC:
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1. |
In the Mac
Finder (file system) make a new folder. Call it something
like "File Transfer". |
2. |
Locate & put all the files you want
to send into the folder "File Transfer". The files can be
any format. ie. pictures, word files, etc. |
3. |
Right click on the folder, "File
Transfer", you want to zip.
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4. |
Select "Compress Items". |
5. |
Find the newly created .zip archive,
"File Transfer", in the same directory.
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6. |
Send the zipped file, "File
Transfer", as an attachment to an E-Mail. The person receiving
the E-Mail can download the attachment, double click on it, and
will see all the files you put in it.
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