Upgrade StoragePDF's not online or on other machines
I have been using Zotero for about 4 months now. I purchased expanded storage and I typically attach a pdf of every article I enter into the program. I typically use the Firefox version but I also have the stand alone installed. I have both a Mac and PC.
Tonight I was out somewhere and wanted to share a copy of an article with a friend. I logged into Zotero and went to the reference. In the reference it shows the name of the document.pdf and then has a link called (attachment info). If I click that link I simple get a notes box.
I opened my laptop when I got home and noted that the file was on my harddrive and that a complete sync was done. I checked my preferences and it says attachments to Zotero.
Where are all my pdf attachments?
Actually - the problem is worse than I thought. I noticed that Zotero is not synching any of my attached pdf's - even between my machines. I do a lot on my PC - I just happened to be doing some stuff on the laptop tonight. When I went over to my PC I noticed none of the stuff I have EVER done on the laptop or my Mac are synched. Again - I have paid for storage - I have all Zotero installs set to sync on start.
Basically I see each machine sync and update - I see the pdf file as an attachment, but if I didn't create it on the specific machine Zotero gives an error message that the file is missing or has been moved and asks me to locate it.
Tonight I was out somewhere and wanted to share a copy of an article with a friend. I logged into Zotero and went to the reference. In the reference it shows the name of the document.pdf and then has a link called (attachment info). If I click that link I simple get a notes box.
I opened my laptop when I got home and noted that the file was on my harddrive and that a complete sync was done. I checked my preferences and it says attachments to Zotero.
Where are all my pdf attachments?
Actually - the problem is worse than I thought. I noticed that Zotero is not synching any of my attached pdf's - even between my machines. I do a lot on my PC - I just happened to be doing some stuff on the laptop tonight. When I went over to my PC I noticed none of the stuff I have EVER done on the laptop or my Mac are synched. Again - I have paid for storage - I have all Zotero installs set to sync on start.
Basically I see each machine sync and update - I see the pdf file as an attachment, but if I didn't create it on the specific machine Zotero gives an error message that the file is missing or has been moved and asks me to locate it.
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Are the files you're looking for stored within the Zotero data directory, or are they linked? (The latter aren't synced.)
If the former, if you right-click on an unsynced file and choose Show File, what's the name of the parent directory (a random eight-character string)?
If So I now get it. I need to go back and make some changes.
They are not syncing