Upgrade StorageZotero 9 MacBook iPad workflow
Hello, friends,
Here's my situation:
I'm a historian of science w/ 30 years of bibliographic refs. Zotero is my daily WORKHORSE (14+k references, 11.6 GB of attached PDFs + metadata). I want my iPad Zotero to exactly reflect my desktop Zotero, in ± real time when I'm on wifi. I want to open my iPad, see the book I just entered into my MacBook Zotero, open and annotate any attached PDFs on the iPad, and when I save and close, go back to my MacBook Z. and see the changes reflected. It would be super-cool if it also worked the other way—if I could add refs + PDFs to iPad Zotero and have them sync w/ desktop.
My question:
Can I do this by keeping my PDFs in Dropbox, as I've done for years? Or is Zotero's own storage the only reliable, convenient way? Should I just fork for the Zotero cloud storage, or can cheapskate me find a viable workaround?
Thanks to anyone who responds and apologies if this question has been answered before with the current versions of the software,
Nathaniel
Here's my situation:
I'm a historian of science w/ 30 years of bibliographic refs. Zotero is my daily WORKHORSE (14+k references, 11.6 GB of attached PDFs + metadata). I want my iPad Zotero to exactly reflect my desktop Zotero, in ± real time when I'm on wifi. I want to open my iPad, see the book I just entered into my MacBook Zotero, open and annotate any attached PDFs on the iPad, and when I save and close, go back to my MacBook Z. and see the changes reflected. It would be super-cool if it also worked the other way—if I could add refs + PDFs to iPad Zotero and have them sync w/ desktop.
My question:
Can I do this by keeping my PDFs in Dropbox, as I've done for years? Or is Zotero's own storage the only reliable, convenient way? Should I just fork for the Zotero cloud storage, or can cheapskate me find a viable workaround?
Thanks to anyone who responds and apologies if this question has been answered before with the current versions of the software,
Nathaniel
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adamsmithNo, you can't do this with Dropbox. You _can_ likely find a WebDAV that will sync your files to the app and is cheaper than Zotero unlimited