zotero and google drive

n.nsir
Hi, I am completely new to Zotero. I just moved from Mendeley. I imported my files (~200 papers) from Mendeley (with annotation). I'm using the latest zotero beta now because it has a built-in pdf reader which is great but I found out that Zotero only gives 300MB of space of pdf (I used all of them).

I followed this guideline to connect using google drive which can give me more space for my pdfs.
https://tomsaunders.co.nz/zotero-with-google-drive/

If I copy/cut & paste from another folder (my ~200 pdf papers) into the new Zotero folder in my google drive, is the annotation still there?

or is there any better way to do it?



  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited April 18, 2021
    Not really clear what you mean here. No way of adding files to Zotero involves manually copying them into a folder on your computer.

    https://www.zotero.org/support/adding_items_to_zotero#adding_pdfs_and_other_files

    And if you're using ZotFile, it moves the files for you. (But it will delete any existing annotations, since it hasn't been updated since the beta came out.)
  • n.nsir
    it's okay. I also confused with my words. lol I will do it manually.

    Yes, I use zotfile with google drive. If I upload all my pdf files into google drive and add/link to zotero, my 300MB will not be touch, right?

  • adamsmith
    edited April 18, 2021
    That's correct, yes. Anything you connect to Zotero via "link" won't affect your Zotero storage

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