File sync and Group offline availability

gbanaggia · 2024-12-27T20:09:14+00:00

Is there a way to choose only specific Group Libraries for local file sync?

This is my use case: I have one group library for each student that I supervise, and I want to have quick access to the pdf's that they are working on while they are working with me. After they graduate I'd like to retain access to their library data, but I don't need the pdf's taking space in my local physical drive.

dstillman · 2024-12-28T07:09:55+00:00

Future versions of Zotero will make it possible to 1) control how long downloaded files are kept on your computer in order to save local disk space and 2) easily remove groups from your local Zotero while keeping them online.

For now, the best you could do is right-click on large attachments, choose Show File, and delete the files from your local disk, but there's no way to do that automatically for all files in a given library.

gbanaggia · 2024-12-28T13:00:20+00:00

Got it. Looking forward to those features, then! Thank you for the reply and for the great work you do, Dan.