Roling back to Zotero 4

ianmhocking
Hi there

I've upgraded to Z5---which looks great, by the way---but this has broken all the citekeys used by the BetterBibTex plugin, and this is fatal for my workflow.

I think I'll need to roll back to version 4 using a Time Machine backup.

Am I right in thinking that as long as I have the Zotero 4 binary installed and I roll back the 'Data Directory' (as referred to in the settings), this will get me back to my previous working installation?

Cheers

Ian
  • adamsmith
    Z4 binary and Z4 data directory is all you need for rollback, yes. (note that there is a BBT alpha/beta version that works on Z5 -- not sure how stable it is yet, but my sense is it's been stabilizing quite a bit).
  • emilianoeheyns
    All the essential things are stable enough for use, and I've started putting out pre-releases which are installable and which will auto-update; what's still in the pipeline is integration work (Cite As You Write and Scholarly Markdown) and Juris-M support, and some odds and ends.
  • emilianoeheyns
    (you will need to uninstall the existing BBT and then reinstall 5.0.26+)
  • ianmhocking
    Thanks, Adam, and Emilia---the new BBT is certainly stable, and I'm back up to speed. Thanks again!
  • emilianoeheyns
    That would be Emiliano, please, or Emile for short.
  • ianmhocking
    Apologies, Emiliano! Parsing error.
  • emilianoeheyns
    No apologies expected or necessary. I have parsing errors all the time, and you're not the first to get the gender wrong (although that usually only happens to me on the phone). It's just not something I want to have stick around,is all.

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