link zotero to google drive ?

r01mt19 · July 16, 2024

Hi team
I have moved to another university and I have copied everything from my previous university laptop on google drive (screenshot attached). Now how to link my zotero to this folder on google drive?
Many thanks in advance
Marwa
https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u11191304/69231hiwb86oehk8hn1g.png

adamsmith · July 16, 2024

You can download ( = make available offline/locally) all those files and then transfer them to a different location, outside of GDrive and set that as the Zotero data folder (see https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data ). Under no circumstances should you leave your Zotero database on GDrive (see https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions )

aborel · July 16, 2024

Short answer: don't do that. Really, don't. https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder

You can configure your system to store the attached documents (PDFs and such), but definitely not the whole Zotero folder, on a cloud directory if you use linked files: https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#linked_files

r01mt19 · July 21, 2024

done
thanks so much.