Upgrade StorageZotero, LibreOffice and MacOS - freezing on toolbar use
Hi,
I was hoping to get some help with a problem which is stumping me... Having happily used the above combo for a few years, it has stopped working and nothing I seem to try can help it. When I click on 'add citation' the Zotero toolbar in LibreOffice, it looks like the red dialog box to add a citation is about to come up, but nothing happens. At best I can continue using LibreOffice as if nothing has happened (without a successful citation), at worst LibreOffice just freezes, sometimes with huge CPU usage. Occasionally I can select the citation I want to use but it freezes while trying to add it.
I've tried a few things suggested in these forums - ensuring Zotero standalone is already running before launching LibreOffice, trying JDK, reinstalling software, none of which work.
I'm running MacOS 10.12.1 (Sierra), LibreOffice 5.3.2.2 initially then 'stable' version 5.2.7.2, Zotero standalone 4.0.29.15 and Zotero LibreOffice 3.5.9.
Any suggestions gratefully received! Considering shelling out for Microsoft Word but really don't want to :(
I was hoping to get some help with a problem which is stumping me... Having happily used the above combo for a few years, it has stopped working and nothing I seem to try can help it. When I click on 'add citation' the Zotero toolbar in LibreOffice, it looks like the red dialog box to add a citation is about to come up, but nothing happens. At best I can continue using LibreOffice as if nothing has happened (without a successful citation), at worst LibreOffice just freezes, sometimes with huge CPU usage. Occasionally I can select the citation I want to use but it freezes while trying to add it.
I've tried a few things suggested in these forums - ensuring Zotero standalone is already running before launching LibreOffice, trying JDK, reinstalling software, none of which work.
I'm running MacOS 10.12.1 (Sierra), LibreOffice 5.3.2.2 initially then 'stable' version 5.2.7.2, Zotero standalone 4.0.29.15 and Zotero LibreOffice 3.5.9.
Any suggestions gratefully received! Considering shelling out for Microsoft Word but really don't want to :(
This is an old discussion that has not been active in a long time. Before commenting here, you should strongly consider starting a new discussion instead. If you think the content of this discussion is still relevant, you can link to it from your new discussion.
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/272014/#Comment_272014
though you could try installing the Zotero beta (see pinned thread at the top of the forum) which has some LibreOffice related fixes.
Make sure that you can insert citations in a fresh document. If you can, it might be the case, that you are getting an "invisible" prompt as Zotero might be attempting to prompt you for accidentally edited citation text or similar.