location of storage folder
Hi,
Im wondering, why can't I specify the location of the storage folder? Zotfile and zotpad are poor workarounds for something that ought to be so simple. I want my storage folder to be located in the cloud service I am already paying for.
Can anyone help?
Im wondering, why can't I specify the location of the storage folder? Zotfile and zotpad are poor workarounds for something that ought to be so simple. I want my storage folder to be located in the cloud service I am already paying for.
Can anyone help?
@LiborA the manual workaround is too much work. Ive just started a phd and want to import an extensive library of pdfs into Zotero – or any other reference management software as long as it's open source and nonprofit. Up till now I have been using the folder structure on my mac to organize my files but with the library growing it's getting out of hand. I now have several gigabytes of pdfs that I'd like to organize and rename. I thought this would be a matter of importing them into the software and then slowly sifting through them, but I haven't even got to that point yet... I'm still figuring out which software to use. My reference here would be a really good media organizer such as MediaMonkey (unfortunately only for Windows), but I have yet to come across something comparable for pdfs.
By the way, I am unable to link files by drag-dropping while holding down Cmd+Option.
http://zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions
It takes only a few minutes to set up Zotfile to move attachments to the specified place in your cloud folder. Could you explain why this doesn’t work for you?
You can also use the second or third method described at the link above (symlinking the Zotero folder to your cloud folder or using the selective sync function of sync.com to sync only the storage folder, not the rest of the Zotero data), but do so carefully.
I have unticked the "Ask user when attaching new files" box.
What are your exact settings in the "Location of Files" (General Settings tab) and "Use Zotero to Rename" (Renaming Rules tab)?
"Use Zotero to rename" is not ticked. When I tick the box the result is the same. The bottom four boxes are ticked (from "Truncate title..." on).
Can you check you check if you have any errors after trying to save and it not moving (Help -> Report Errors) and paste results here (or to gist.github.com and link here)?
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I don't have a good idea of what's going on here -- haven't seen this before. Is your custom directory in an unusual location?
The custom directory is in my cloud folder. Nothing unusual about it as far as I can see...
“ZotFile automatic renaming doesn’t work properly during and after importing PDFs.”
In other words, it works manually (by selecting items -> right-click -> Manage attachments -> Rename attachments); however, to the best of my knowledge, it is supposed to work automatically even without these steps. I mean you should be able to drag and drop the PDF file, then Zotero will retrieve the metadata and create a parent item, and by this time ZOTFILE MUST CHANGE THE FILE NAME AND MOVE IT TO THE CUSTOM LOCATION.
For your information, I am using the latest version of Zotero standalone on macOS High Sierra. The importing process is done in the My Library. The “Always rename” option under “Advanced Setting” of ZotFile is enabled.
I'd thought I clearly stated that (in previous comment):
"In other words, it works manually (by selecting items -> right-click -> Manage attachments -> Rename attachments)"
It's not terribly hard to just run manual rename on the last X files you imported, but I do understand it's an inconvenience and there's no current solution for that.
FWIW, you'll get better Zotero import when using the general web translators which import item metadata and PDF directly. ZotFile will automatically move those files.