File sync

sushilover

Hi all. I have set up my sync with iCloud, and my files are in the "Zotero library folder" synced folder. When I am on my second computer, where I have the exact same settings, I can see lists of my files and references and my metadata sync ok. However, I am not able to open my pdfs unless I locate them again. What I do not understand is that while I have set ut the same relative path for linked file attachments, everytime I try to open my pds, it says that the file could not be found "/Users/username/Zotero/storage/UFNHHER9/blabla.pdf". Why does Zotero expect files to be there since I have set relative paths on both of my devices? Thanks in advance

dstillman

The Linked Attachment Base Directory setting has no effect on where things are stored. Zotero only creates stored files within the data directory by default. You can configure ZotFile to create linked files in a particular location if that's what you want to do.

https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#stored_files_and_linked_files

sushilover

I see. If I understand it correctly, to have sync files on my both computers, I need to choose my files in Zotero and do "rename and move" so files get linked?

dstillman

We can't help with ZotFile, sorry. The supported way to get your files on all devices is to use Zotero file syncing.