Zotero only syncs 120 files to pCloud

vsekulic
Hello, long-time Zotero user with local WebDAV server setup for syncing across devices but due to iOS not allowing self-signed certificates decided to finally move to a commercial WebDAV solution. I chose pCloud and after setting it up, could connect to the WebDAV server using both the Windows and iOS Zotero apps.

However, when I sync my Windows (main) Zotero library, although the sync "completes" (spinning green icon stops moving, no errors), only 120 items have been uploaded to the WebDAV server, out of a library of 6812.

Then, of course iOS can't get the PDFs for most of the library.

I am at a loss since there are no errors that I can see. It can't be a pCloud file limit issue because after Zotero finishes the sync, I can still manually upload more files to the /zotero/ directory.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
  • dstillman
    See Files Not Syncing.
  • vsekulic
    That did the trick! Resetting the File Sync history finally allowed Zotero to sync the entire database, and I can access any of the items on iOS as well, so it's working now.

    There is still a funny issue where when after the sync is finished, even though it worked (I can track the # of items remaining), I sometimes still get an error. I submitted it as report ID: 1456135736.

    These seem to be spurious errors on pCloud's side. Hopefully it doesn't get worse.. :)

    While on the topic of iOS, it would be nice if there was a feature to download the entire library to local storage rather than do so on demand. I can work around it by making sure to tap all items in a particular folder I'm interested in reading on a long flight (e.g.), but would be nice if there was a "download all" button somewhere. (off topic to this thread perhaps, sorry)
  • dstillman
    pCloud has been extremely unreliable for people, FWIW.
    While on the topic of iOS, it would be nice if there was a feature to download the entire library to local storage rather than do so on demand.
    Yes, that's planned.
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