backup isolated collection/share selected items
Hi
I manage multiple folders (A, B, and C) corresponding to different projects. I finished Project A and would like to get rid of the collection to free up some space in the Zotero cloud storage.
What I would like to do is:
1) a backup of folder A with the PDFs, the sqlite file, etc. Like an isolated folder A and not the entire library. The only way I see is to share only this folder with a _ghost_ user and have a clean folder A.
2) My coordinator also asked me to understand if I can select specific items and only share the PDFs, e.g. via email. Is there an alternative to storing a particular collection OR selecting items with v7 instead of using the solution Export collection>Zotero RDF and separating the PDFs with the * quick search? I saw this post, "Zotero backup specific to collection," at https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/75492/zotero-backup-specific-to-collection, but I couldn't reply and revive it. After I logged in, the post disappeared.
I manage multiple folders (A, B, and C) corresponding to different projects. I finished Project A and would like to get rid of the collection to free up some space in the Zotero cloud storage.
What I would like to do is:
1) a backup of folder A with the PDFs, the sqlite file, etc. Like an isolated folder A and not the entire library. The only way I see is to share only this folder with a _ghost_ user and have a clean folder A.
2) My coordinator also asked me to understand if I can select specific items and only share the PDFs, e.g. via email. Is there an alternative to storing a particular collection OR selecting items with v7 instead of using the solution Export collection>Zotero RDF and separating the PDFs with the * quick search? I saw this post, "Zotero backup specific to collection," at https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/75492/zotero-backup-specific-to-collection, but I couldn't reply and revive it. After I logged in, the post disappeared.
Thanks
Mark all items in your collection with Ctrl+A, then go to File > Export PDFs...
What about 1), can someone help me with that?
1- create a profile A
2 - duplicate the Zotero directory folder and name it as Zotero_A
3 - change the data directory location of profile A from the default to Zotero_A folder: it will have the entire library but with profile A I can delete the collections I don't want to keep and only keep collection A. Will the directory folder of profile A have only collection A, and this way, I have a backup of collection A?
Is there any problem with sync, and is there a possibility of losing collections?
You can turn attachments into links for folders you want to back-up (e.g. using ZotMoov), you can look if you can find a cheap WebDAV, or you can pay for Zotero Storage, but engaging in elaborate, extremely risky & error prone workarounds for the purpose of backing up something is a terrible, terrible idea.