Upgrade Storagewhat is best method to move library & preserve citation links (word'06)?
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"conflict resolution: the following item has been changed in multiple locations. Choose the version you would like to keep then click continue."
...do i select 'local', 'remote' or 'merged' object?
...and then do i also select the box that says "use remote version for all remaining conflicts (1 of 77)" ?
(is "remote" the object in the online library?)
"local" is the database that your local "stand alone" Zotero is pointing at. "remote" is the online copy (containing the data that you exported in the first step). "merged" shows the data that will be used if you approve the current selection between "local" and "remote."
Somehow changes were made to some items in both libraries after they were separated. Zotero is just asking you which version you want to use for each. Just look at the items and decide which you prefer. Since you don't know which was changed when, it's probably best to look briefly at each, and approve them individually.
how do i open each file? (without canceling the sync)
also, is it possible that a 'duplicate' pair of files will have independent modifications? (eg. i made on the external, and then made more modifications on the version once the library reverted back to local drive location... without actually getting the old modifications.)
The independent modifications are what is triggering the conflicts. If you are concerned about tidying up in the finished database, you can identify items in that class by modification date. All you need to do at this stage is make choices.
my library is currently pointed to the external drive. it seems like the syncing process moved the actual files (pdfs etc) to the external. my library may have a few less documents (six less or so?) or maybe not.
so is that it— the external library is now synced and totally updated?
also, i guess i should delete the local library to avoid this happening again..? or do i simply rename it so zotero doesnt automatically switch to it again?
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You should be able to restore missing attachments from the other library, by exporting those items from there with their attachments, importing them to your main (external-disk) library, and then merging duplicates.
when i move the cursor into a citation and select edit, it does not work. so i am assuming the reference is not linked...
thoughts?
one time it also froze and i had to force quit both zotero and ms word.
when i try to edit an older citation, it opens zotero citation editor, but can't seem to actually edit.
https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#debugging_broken_documents
im not sure why they were suddenly not working in the main dissertation doc, but now i re-tried and it seems to be working (slowly, as usual)
(would it work faster if my document did not have an embedded bibliography?)
assuming the links are okay.
i have 90 items where the expected document is missing. for some reason, i can't find these items on either the external or the local drive.
any thoughts on this?
Have you checked duplicates since the merge? There is at least a possibility that those items have duplicate companions with working attachments.
i will continue searching. please let me know if you have any thoughts. i suspect they are in another folder (rather than deleted—they are not in trash or unfiled!)
huge thanks to you!