using Reader for macOS with zotfile, highlighting issue

yannseznec · November 4, 2021

I'm a big fan of the minimalist "Reader" pdf reader for macOS. However the highlighting function does not seem to translate well into Zotfile - if I highlight a passage in Reader then zotfile will convert the highlighted section into separate lines. This doesn't happen if I use Preview as the pdf reader.

Just wondering if anyone has found an easy way around this kind of issue? I imagine it might happen with other pdf readers too.

bwiernik · November 4, 2021

I might suggest trying out Zotero’s new native PDF reader instead, now available in the beta version of Zotero

yannseznec · November 5, 2021

Thanks for your response! Yes, right after posting this I discovered the beta build and gave it a try. It certainly works much better, though I'd still love to be able to take advantage of the simplicity and clean interface of Reader. I've sent those developers an email and they've told me they'd look into it, so fingers crossed.