Upgrade StorageAdd link to file -- across platforms (XP and OS X)
This may not be possible as I'm imagining it, given that the file systems of Mac and Windows are fundamentally different, but perhaps there's a workaround or better way.
I've got thousands of files Attached via link to entries in Zotero on my XP machine. When I'm at work on my Mac, I can see those links but cannot click on them. It's usually enough to let me know that I have the PDF on my hard drive, so I open it manually. All those PDFs are on both harddrives, and they're synced using thirdparty cloud storage.
So...
Is there a way to continue linking them but have them accessible on the Mac as well? (This would be ideal so that I don't have to pay for more cloud storage space.)
Or do I need to "attach a stored copy" of the files and rely on Zotero storage? If this is the case, is there a batch process that I can run to change all those links to attachments? And if I do change them, will it mess up my PDFtoText info?
Part of the reason I prefer to Attach a Link rather than a Stored Copy is that I can browse to the files in the directory and work with them there. But maybe I need to change...
Advice, experiences, other ideas most appreciated!
I've got thousands of files Attached via link to entries in Zotero on my XP machine. When I'm at work on my Mac, I can see those links but cannot click on them. It's usually enough to let me know that I have the PDF on my hard drive, so I open it manually. All those PDFs are on both harddrives, and they're synced using thirdparty cloud storage.
So...
Is there a way to continue linking them but have them accessible on the Mac as well? (This would be ideal so that I don't have to pay for more cloud storage space.)
Or do I need to "attach a stored copy" of the files and rely on Zotero storage? If this is the case, is there a batch process that I can run to change all those links to attachments? And if I do change them, will it mess up my PDFtoText info?
Part of the reason I prefer to Attach a Link rather than a Stored Copy is that I can browse to the files in the directory and work with them there. But maybe I need to change...
Advice, experiences, other ideas most appreciated!
I don't think there's a batch conversion from links to stored files, no.
I'm not sure what you mean by PDFtoText info - Zotero would re-index the files but anything stored in the file (like pdf properties/meta tags) would still be there).