Drag and Drop PDFs to Tablet

timtom

I use a Windows 10 Laptop and Boox Max 2. The Problem is Zotero does not find the reader and I cannot drag and drop Pdfs. If I drag and drop them to the desktop first and then to the e-reader there is no Problem.
For your support I would like to thank you in advance.

bwiernik

Not exactly your question, but you can use the Zotfile plugin to automatically send and retrieve PDFs to your tablet.

timtom

Thanks alot for the support and the suggestion. I use Zotfile and Zotfile does have the same problem detecting and opening the e-reader folders. The reader is in MTP mode connected and I can few it within the explorer. Software like Calibre is able to communicate. My idea was that Zotero does not recognise the e-reader and because of that Zotfile cannot open existing folders on the reader.
However I can few the folder structur of the reader in Zotfile, I am not able to select any folder I can see on the reader from within Zotfile. Since Drag and Drop from Zotero did not work as well, I thought there might be a common mechanism behind it.
Changing the connection to USB-PTP connection did not solve the problem.

dorner

timtom,

This is a very delayed response to your question and you likely have found a solution by now. But for others searching the forum, this might be of use.

Please someone will correct me if I am mistaken about this, but I believe Zotfile will only sync with an app from a cloud storage service. This is how I have it set up with Dropbox:

I created a Dropbox account and downloaded its desktop app to my laptop.
In the Dropbox folder I created another folder called Zotero.
In Zotero preferences > Advanced > Files and Folders > I choose that folder as the base directory
in Zotfile preferences > General settings > Location of files - I used the same path for my Custom Location
in Zotfile preferences > Tablet settings > Location of files on Tablet -- I used the same path for Base Folder

I installed the Dropbox app to my Kindle and logged into my Dropbox account. The file structure on the app mirrors what I see on my laptop.

Now in Zotero I right-click on a PDF in my library and choose Manage Attachments > Send to Tablet
The file appears in the Dropbox Zotero folder on my kindle.
I open up the PDF and annotate it and then save the file.
Back in my Zotero library I right click again on the PDF I sent to my tablet and choose Manage Attachments > Get from Tablet
The annotated PDF is attached to my reference. It has the suffix _annotated, because I specified that in my Zotfile Tablet settings. The annotations I made on the PDF are extracted and added to my notes.