Zotero is very slow - takes 30 seconds to add each reference

hborham
Report ID: 861482438
I have about 1000 items in my library
The document I'm working in has 92,000 words and 850 footnotes. Can you help me add citations more quickly? Thanks.
  • dstillman
    4.0.29.15
    You're using a very old version of Zotero. Start by upgrading to Zotero 5.

    We can't support old versions, and Zotero 5 also includes an option for faster citing in large documents.
  • hborham
    Thanks, dstillman. Obviously, I'm a dinosaur! Can you walk me through upgrading? And I won't lose any data, will I?
  • hborham
    OK, I figured it out. And I followed your instruction for faster citing in large documents. How often do you recommend refreshing to update citations?
  • poettli
    @hborham

    https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-5-and-firefox-faq/

  • dstillman
    How often do you recommend refreshing to update citations?
    Depends how long it takes, but the main thing is just to make sure you don't wait until right before a due date, because 1) in a large-enough document it could take a very long time (e.g., overnight) and 2) you want to make sure that, if there's a problem, you/we have time to troubleshoot.

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