Multiple archive files

Question

I need to be able to quickly convert many files into individual .zip files (compressed)...
I used to use stuffit (dropstuff) to create multiple zip files by dragging and dropping- but it doesn't work on my new macbook.
I've tried messing with automator- but I can only find an option to create one archive out of many files.
I know it's a pretty random request- but if anyone could help, it would rule.

Answer 1

Hi,
It's not really refined, but you get the idea and can tweak it to do what you want:
Run AppleScript Action:
on run {input, parameters}
set zip_files to {}
repeat with i from 1 to the count of the input
set the filetozip to the POSIX path of (item i of the input)
set the zipfilename to (filetozip & ".zip")
do shell script "zip -rj " & quoted form of zipfilename & " " & quoted form of filetozip
set zip_files to zip_files & ((zipfilename as POSIX file) as alias)
end repeat
return zip_files
end run
Hope it helps!