Sync problem
I am doing some cataloguing on the zotero app. I have a problem with syncing I haven't noticed before. Usually, everything seemed to sync automatically. But today I noticed that some of the work I did yesterday had not been saved. After some testing I discovered the following pattern (what I am adding are manuscripts to a folder).
1. Leaving the platform (i.e. closing the app) does not save additions, when I am reopening it they are gone.
2. I have tried to save the work by syncing manually. Same result. After reopening the app additions have disappeared is gone.
3. However, for some strange reason the following works: I write my addition to the catalogue in folder X, open any other folder in Zotero, and reopen X. Then the addition is there also after Zotero has been closed and reopened.
I have also checked how what I do with he app relates to what I see in the web version of Zotero. Same pattern. I only get the changes visible in the web version if I follow the pattern in 3 (they show up immediately without reloading the page). 1 and 2 do not work.
As far as I can see there obviously is some problem here (at least the manual sync should work?). I don't think I have experienced this earlier, but perhaps I should start checking if something is missing. It may be significant that there was an update to the Zotero app being installed when I opened it today (my version is now 5.0.95).
Any suggestions about what I should do? Would it help to reinstall the app? I hope my explanations have been clear enough,
1. Leaving the platform (i.e. closing the app) does not save additions, when I am reopening it they are gone.
2. I have tried to save the work by syncing manually. Same result. After reopening the app additions have disappeared is gone.
3. However, for some strange reason the following works: I write my addition to the catalogue in folder X, open any other folder in Zotero, and reopen X. Then the addition is there also after Zotero has been closed and reopened.
I have also checked how what I do with he app relates to what I see in the web version of Zotero. Same pattern. I only get the changes visible in the web version if I follow the pattern in 3 (they show up immediately without reloading the page). 1 and 2 do not work.
As far as I can see there obviously is some problem here (at least the manual sync should work?). I don't think I have experienced this earlier, but perhaps I should start checking if something is missing. It may be significant that there was an update to the Zotero app being installed when I opened it today (my version is now 5.0.95).
Any suggestions about what I should do? Would it help to reinstall the app? I hope my explanations have been clear enough,
The only way I currently can get additions I make saved are the way explained in 3. I open another folder and then reopen the folder I was working in. For some reason this makes the sync happen.
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Steps:
1. Choose any folder visible in the Zotero app.
2. Choose new item
3. Add a manuscript and write "Test manus" in the title
4. Add "xxx" in the Abstract field
5. Sync manually
6. Close the app
7. Reopen it
8. The manuscript is there, but the abstract field is empty.
This has nothing to do with syncing. Zotero is a local program and saves data locally regardless of whether you use syncing. But nothing is saved until the field closes, so if you quit the program with a field open, it won't be saved.