from Google Drive to Zotero Storage

cesare.beccaria · 2025-02-02T18:08:50+00:00

Hello Zotero Community. Unfortunately, Zotero for iPad does not allow to download the files attached to my bibliographic entries. These are 17k+ (48 GB) on Google Drive. I am forced to purchase the space on Zotero storage at a significant cost to me ($120/year). Does anyone know the safest way to transfer files from Google Drive to Zotero-Storage?
Thanks for your help.

tim820 · 2025-02-03T01:42:12+00:00

Do you mean you have the PDFs attached as linked files ? Indeed those do not work with the Zotero mobile apps.
https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#stored_files_and_linked_files

You can convert linked files to stored files using Tools\Manage Attachments\Convert Linked Files to Stored Files. With that many files, do them in smaller chunks.

If however you want to keep your linked files on Google Drive, Zotmoov now replicates Send/Get From Tablet (similar to how Zotfile did it).

cesare.beccaria · 2025-02-03T10:51:47+00:00

Many thanks @tim820.
But, once I convert the links from my folders on Google Drive to stored files on Zotero, what do I need to do to have on Google Drive some sort of back up of the files stored on Zotero?

tim820 · 2025-02-03T10:59:19+00:00

Zotmoov can be set to automatically create a copy of each new PDF added to Zotero storage, in a folder you specify. Set File Behavior to Copy.
https://github.com/wileyyugioh/zotmoov

cesare.beccaria · 2025-02-03T11:24:21+00:00

Wonderful, thank you so much @tim820.
How come zotmoov is not in the Zotero forum? (https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins)