Moving a local folder library (to a One Drive folder library

smteinturs
Hi all,
My PDF and epub files are stored in a local folder library.
I need to relocate my Zotero default local folder library to a One Drive folder library.

To be sure I keep all my links work in the new One Drive library, are the following steps correct ?
1. Create a new dedicated folder for my library in One Drive
2. Copy-paste all documents from the local folder to the new One Drive folder
3. Settings » Advanced » Files and Folders = change the new database directory to the One Drive folder

Thanks for your help,
Sara

  • enozkan
    You can't keep your database on a cloud folder. That's a quick one-way street to database corruption. Explained here:

    https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder

    You can, however, keep your storage folder on a cloud folder without a problem. See "Alternative Syncing Solutions" on the link above. (Zotfile functionality in Zotero 6 is incorporated into zotmoov and attanger plugins in Zotero 7.)

  • smteinturs
    Thanks @enozkan for your answer. Yes, this is the storage folder I am speaking about (sorry for the confusion).
    I have a dedicated storage folder located on my local DD (let's call it "folder A")
    I want to relocate it on a One Drive cloud ("folder B")

    To be sure to keep all links working (PDF linked to a Zotero reference), is it enough to :
    - copy - past all pdfs from Folder A to Folder B ?
    - Settings » Advanced » Files and Folders = change the new *storage* directory from Folder A to Folder B ?
  • NicolasRoussignol
    Hi, I have the same problem and the same question. If someone have the answer. Especially, the problem is that we have a shared library but the pdf files I put are stored on my local folder. So the others cannot open them.
    Thank you for your help!
    Nicolas
  • WalccMan
    edited 18 days ago
    @enozkan I cannot find the information about the [user]/Zotero/storage folder specifically at the Alternative Syncing Solutions site. Maybe it has been changed? Are you sure that syncing nothing but the /storage folder can cause no corruption of the database? I tried it briefly and did not get the Zotero warning message that is usually prompted when it finds the data directory to be cloud storage. But maybe Zotero simply does not check it to be the case for subfolders.
  • adamsmith
    https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions

    The key thing that corrupts your database is putting zotero.sqlite in a cloud folder. If you are not doing that, the worst that can happen are file sync conflicts and those are pretty unlikely if you use Zotero to annotate
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