Downloading patterns more than one time
#5
I bought a portable hard drive and I download all my patterns to it instead of my computer. That way it doesn't bog down my computer with a bunch of files. Usually your computer will tell you if the file already exists, unless you are saving it to a different location or naming it something different.
#6
You can get a tiny little utility that finds all the duplicates on your computer - embroidery files, mp3's, quilt patterns, pdfs - even if you have renamed the files as you saved them.
This one is free, but it has a good reputation:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dupfilefinder.html
This one is free, but it has a good reputation:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/dupfilefinder.html
#7
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I have noticed that when I download free patterns from different websites they will have the same pattern but they give it a different name. So I end up with 2 or 3 copies of the same pattern all with different names. Frustrating.
#10
Originally Posted by Zhillslady
I use the actual name of the quilt and save to a file called patterns. This way if I try to downloan again it will say I have it previously and do I want to overwrite. That way I know just hit back and don't download it.
I copy & paste into a word file. Then I change the margins to narrow, reduce the size of the instructional pictures to less than half the width of the page. I get rid of the extra chatty instructions. I select all and change the format to two columns.
Above the columns, at the beginning of the paper, I make sure to have a large picture of the finished quilt. Below the picture I have the name and link to the original source. When everything is the way I want it I resave it as a PDF file. If I set the folders viewing as thumbnail I see the picture of the quilt. If I have duplicate pictures I can check to see if the patterns are also duplicated.
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