Using zotero on PC and Mac problem

komjii
Hello

I'm trying to use zotero on PC and Mac together, but there is a problem because the file link is not working on Mac.

First, the PC settings.

Link Attachment Base folder
C:\Users\myname1\Dropbox\Zotero

Data directory Location
C:\Users\myname1\Dropbox\Zotero Base

Mac settings.

Link Attachment Base folder
/Users/myname2/Dropbox/Zotero

Data directory Location
/Users/myname2/Dropbox/Zotero Base

When clicking on a file on Mac, the path C:\Users\myname1\Dropbox\Zotero\~~~ appears and the file link cannot be connected, so it is not available on Mac.

What should I do?

If I can't use both pc and mac via dropbox at the same time, is webdav better? Or is it better to use zotero storage?
  • adamsmith
    You shouldn't have your data directory in dropbox (link base directory is fine), and if you're using linked files anyway, there's no reason for that anyway. Move the data directory out of Dropbox (did you not get a warning when you set it there?) set up Zotero sync, see if that fixes things.
  • komjii
    adamsmith// I just set up Zotero sync without PDF file sync. still showed C:\Users\myname1\Dropbox\Zotero\~~~
  • komjii
    I Just upgraded zotero storage. And set Data storage settings as default and sync it.
    Some of them had to modify storage path by zutilo but everything goes great.
    Mac PC works nicely.

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