re-syncing the storage folder

Clearing up my HD, I inadvertently deleted the zotero storage folder. The database was intact however.

I had hoped that Zotero would realise all the attachments were missing in local storage, and download them when I sync'd, but it seems not, and I didn't find a way to force syncing attachments or the like.

My solution was to delete (after backing up) my Zotero folder and sync from afresh - attachments are now syncing (: Since the Zotero database isn't too large, the extra overhead of downloading it again isn't too much, and perhaps it'll be in a better state than the old, stale one too :)

Posting this here in case someone else comes looking with the same issue.
  • The "correct" (or at least faster and less risky) way to do this is to use "Reset File Sync History" in the Preferences under Sync/Reset

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