How can I stop the synchronization within my library

bea9one · May 5, 2019

In my library are two indentical folder. I copied the content of the one folder into another folder because I need nearly the same content but want to change them differently to illustrate different networks.
Now the problem is that as soon as I change the content of the one folder I change the content of the other folder automatically. I searched in forums, on the internet and in my setting but cannot find anything to stop this synchronization.
Can someone please solve this problem for me.
Thank you in advance.

dstillman · May 5, 2019

These are collections, not folders, and it sounds like you're misunderstanding how they work. Think of them more like playlists or photo albums, not folders. This isn't "synchronization" — it's just the same item in each collection within the same library, so changes you make in one place show up everywhere else you've put that item.

https://www.zotero.org/support/collections_and_tags#the_zotero_collections_model

What do you want to change separately?