Restore to server leaves Server's My Library empty
I was having problems with a sync operation on my computers, but I had the full and correct data on one of my computers. So I backed up the sqlite file and tried to "restore to server" from the correct data. It cleared "my library" but did not restore any files to it. So now the my library on the zotero server is empty, though the zotero on my home computer is fine.
I've deactivated automatic syncing, as the documentation said, and turned off the storage sync (I just purchased zotero storage), to try to keep the things simpler. But I've waited an hour, and nothing is happening.
I've deactivated automatic syncing, as the documentation said, and turned off the storage sync (I just purchased zotero storage), to try to keep the things simpler. But I've waited an hour, and nothing is happening.
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When you used "Restore to Zotero Server" you cleared your data on the server and forced Zotero to attempt to sync your entire database, and if you're getting that message then your database is, as the message says, too big to sync. This limitation is due to a bug in third-party software that we're hoping to work around in the near future (if it's not fixed sooner). Follow the relevant thread if you'd like to know when it's been addressed.
Do you think there is a work around here? For example, if I were to break my library into subfolders, somehow, and sync them one folder at a time? I'm working off two diff computers every week, and really need to be able to add citations from both. I guess another option is to go back to the portable zotero (which I never did), but given the size of my datbase, this is perhaps also problematic.
If you find that Zotero runs too slowly that way, there's always the traditional transfer method (i.e., copying to the local hard drive each time).
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There should really be a warning about this right on the Preferences --> Reset popup.
Thanks! MM
I have a similar problem. I have a full data on my laptop PC, and when I checked my zotero library on the zotero log-in website, the library got empty and my local PC library is not reflected.
I followed the direction below, and try to sync my laptop at home and another desktop in my office.
http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/sync_reset_options#restore_tofrom_server
Please let me know how to move my local laptop library to the zotero server, first of all.
Thank you.