Zotero Linked Attachment Directory and Data Directory and Cloud Storage

kenne221

Hi,

I had a question regarding how to set up my Zotero to access it across multiple computers. I know from reading the forums I should not put my Data Directory on the cloud due to file corruption. So I set up Zotero synching and that works wonders to keep my library up to date. However, it doesn't allow me to access the PDF's across different computers. So I set up the Zotero Linked Attachment Directory on onedrive and manually moved in a couple hundred references. I can access those from any computer that I use Zotero on. Is there anyway to have this done automatically? I have over 2k folders within my Storage folder in the data directory that I would like to be able to switch as linked attachments so I can view the PDF's on any computer.

adamsmith

You can look at ZotFile to do the moving automatically, yes.

dstillman

However, it doesn't allow me to access the PDF's across different computers.

@kenne221: Just to be clear, though, this isn't the case. Zotero will sync all of your files across all of your devices — that's the point of Zotero syncing.

A linked-file setup is much more complicated and error-prone than using stored files.