Dan will have more input, but could you check your database integrity from the Advanced tab of the Zotero preferences in the meantime to make sure that's OK?

Commenting on this because I have a somewhat related issue, just hoping EspenLundeNielsen might have som relevant experience.

Zotero syncing to Box.com (or any other webDAV, tried several) works fine. However, Papership (on both Mac OS and iOS) refuses to upload attachments (PDFs) to the webDAV after importing an item with a fulltext PDF attached. Looking within the webDAV Zotero folder, nothing changes at all. The sync to my zotero.org database (and thus Zotero 5.0) works fine both ways.

Is this working for you EspenLundeNielsen? I'm well aware that the Zotero-team doesn't provide any support for 3rd-party services, and the papership-team seems to be logged out for good (?). It really is a shame with such an excellent app.

It is indeed a Papership issue. I just did some trial-and-error debugging, and came to the conclusion that what's not working is webDAV+Papership's import function through its internal web browser, neither on Mac OS or iOS. That function works as intended as long as one uses the Zotero storage option.

So the only options are to 1) keep browsing through one's browser of choice (e.g., iOS Safari and Mac OS Safari), find the PDF, and 'share' it to Papership; or 2) start using Zotero storage instead of webDAV.

Weird!

PaperShip doesn’t appear to properly sync locally-made changes back to the server anymore, and they don’t appear to provide support or intend to update the app any longer. I’m afraid that it is unlikely to be fixed.

I recommend Zotfile’s Send to Tablet feature and/or viewing items on the Zotero web library.

@bwiernik
The description on the zotfile page on how to operate their Send to Tablet feature is rather criptic. Would you be able to outline to me how it works, and how to install it?

@adamsmith


I am referring to the description below. I am using Zotero Storage and use an Ipad

Syncing pdf attachments with your ipad

To get started, first set up a folder on your PC or Mac that syncs with your tablet reader application.

- I simply use adobe reader.

Files that are copied to this folder should automatically appear in your PDF reader application. One possibility is Dropbox, which is free for up to 2GB of space and works with most PDF reader apps.

- this also possible with Zotero Storage?

Second, open the ‘Tablet Settings’ tab in the zotfile preference window and enable the option ‘Use ZotFile to send and get files from tablet’.

Where are these settings?

Third, change the zotfile location for files on the tablet to the folder that syncs with your pdf reader app (‘Base Folder’ on the ‘Tablet Settings’ tab). Forth (optional), set up subfolders that make it easy to sort your files in the tablet folder so that you can easily find them on your tablet.

You can now start sending pdfs (or other files) to your tablet. Simply right-click on a zotero item and select ‘Send to Tablet’ under ‘Manage Attachments’. When you are done reading and annotating your pdf, just get the file back from the tablet by clicking on ‘Get from Tablet’ under ‘Manage Attachments’. ZotFile will automatically remove the file from your tablet folder and extract the annotations from the pdf file to a zotero note. Alternatively, you can use the ‘Scan Tablet Files’ function in Zotero’s Action Menu to automatically check whether any files in the tablet folder have changed. ZotFile then asks the user how to proceed for each modified file.

The send to tablet feature relies on having a syncing folder -- box, Dropbox, google drive -- where you send the files to read on your tablet -- it's entirely separate from Zotero sync, so no, Zotero storage does not work.

As for "where are these settings --
Do you have ZotFile installed? If so, the ZotFile preferences next to the Zotero preferences in both Zotero 4 and 5.

@adamsmith
last 'idiot question'- where can I find Zotero’s Action Menu ?

That is just the standard Zotero Preferences you’ve been using (under the “Zotero” menu on Mac or the “Edit” menu on Windows/Linux).