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=======How to Manage and Download Titles in Batches======= | =======How to Manage and Download Titles in Batches======= | ||
- | <note important> | + | When you are managing a large project with dozens of titles, the Batch Downloader is a useful tool to help expedite your work. You can mark all the titles for download, run the downloader program on your computer, and then work on other priorities as all the titles download in a single batch onto a folder on your computer! |
- | Mark a project for download on the project page. | + | <note tip>You also have the option to Download a Single Title. This option only downloads one title at a time.</ |
- | This will open the project status page where you can see the projects that are marked for download. You can use the filter at the top to limit the listing. | + | < |
- | If a DAISY project is marked for download but then is modified, it won't be downloaded when you download the batch. There is no check for this yet for EPUB, and any EPUB projects that are listed will include a warning under the status table. | + | Before |
- | + | To download the program to your computer: | |
+ | * The program is linked under the account menu for admin accounts and QA. | ||
+ | * Download the file for Windows or mac, and unzip it. | ||
+ | * It downloads projects from the QA account to a projects folder by default, but you can change these if you want. There' | ||
+ | * Extract it. | ||
+ | * Right click removeQuarantine.command and choose open. You'll get a confirmation about running untrusted software. Allow it to run. You should get a terminal window with a message about removing the quarantine attribute. | ||
+ | * Close the terminal once it's done. | ||
- | The program | + | The configuration |
- | Download | + | < |
+ | </ | ||
- | It downloads projects from the QA account | + | Next you will need to Manage |
- | + | To Manage Titles: | |
+ | * Log into the QA account | ||
+ | * Select the navigation link '' | ||
+ | * This will take you to the '' | ||
+ | * Select the title you wish to QA and Download | ||
+ | * QA the title with the [[public: | ||
+ | * Once the title passes QA navigate back to the '' | ||
+ | * Select '' | ||
+ | * This will take you back to the '' | ||
+ | * Repeat until you have marked all the titles you wish to download | ||
- | When you run it, it creates a log file that lists the projects that are downloaded. This is overwritten each time it is run. You likely don't need to do anything with this in most cases unless something doesn't work properly, | + | Once you have finished |
- | There' | + | To run the Batch Downloader: |
+ | * Navigate | ||
+ | * Open the copdl into your Terminal (This can be down with a double click) | ||
+ | * This will automatically run the program and download the files from the QA account into the folder on your computer | ||
+ | * Once it is finished, there will be a message in your terminal window | ||
+ | * Close the Terminal window | ||
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- | After the downloads are finished, reload the project page. They will have a status of Downloaded. There is a section at the bottom of the status page that lists the downloaded | + | Now all the files have been downloaded to the '' |
- | I haven' | + | To clear the downloads: |
+ | * Stay on the '' | ||
+ | * The status for all the titles | ||
+ | * Navigate down to the '' | ||
+ | * There is now a list of all the titles | ||
+ | * Select | ||
+ | * This will remove | ||
- | Sorry about the manual steps here. There will likely be another manual download after I get the updater working, but that won't be immediate priority at the moment since I am going to document the producer' | + | Here is a video tutorial on [[https:// |
- | Steps: | + | < |
- | Move or delete any files out of the projects folder | + | < |
- | I realized I was a bit unclear on the individual | + | < |
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | There' | + | < |
+ | </ | ||
- | The old downloader won't work anymore so you can delete the zip and extracted folder if you like. | + | Navigate back to |
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- | Download the version from the website: go to Account menu > Batch Download Client and download the Mac version. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Extract it. | + | |
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- | Right click removeQuarantine.command and choose open. You'll get a confirmation about running untrusted software. Allow it to run. You should get a terminal window with a message about removing the quarantine attribute. | + | |
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- | Close the terminal once it's done. | + | |
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- | The configuration is set to download from QA to the projects folder. You can change the path in copdl.ini if you want, otherwise leave as is. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Double click copdl and it should start downloading files. | + | |
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- | The removeQuarantine step only needs to be done the first time after you extract it. You can just run copdl the next time and it should download the next batch. | ||
- | Let me know if you have any trouble with it. |