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• Thanks for the link! (and I did actually do a bit of searching, obviously with the wrong keywords ("scrape" "ScienceDirect" "Zotero")

  in PDFs not scraping - Science Direct Comment by mazibuko September 30, 2010
• Thanks for that clarification, I understand now!

  in 2.0b6.2 Rename file from parent metadata can't find file Comment by mazibuko August 7, 2009
• Yes, it does (see point 2 in previous post). Like I said, no real problem, just was curious as it seems to be something specific to ScienceDirect.

  in 2.0b6.2 Rename file from parent metadata can't find file Comment by mazibuko August 6, 2009
• This is related, but not quite the same. I have been using the rename file function, which appears to work mostly. However, when a run this for a ScienceDirect full text pdf, the rename works, but isn't reflected in the center pane, i.e. 1. …

  in 2.0b6.2 Rename file from parent metadata can't find file Comment by mazibuko August 6, 2009
• It's caused by the PDF. When I drag the PDF in, it indexes a different item. Restarting FF seems to fix it.

  in Dragging PDF--wrong file shows up in Zotero Comment by mazibuko July 2, 2009
• [Developer's Note, 2020: Making changes directly to the Zotero database is strongly discouraged, and absolutely shouldn't be done if you're using Zotero syncing or ever want support here. — D.S] Hi, don't know if this helps anyone, but I managed to…

  in Remove all tags Comment by mazibuko June 10, 2009
• Hi, Hold the shift key with a mac, then drag the record over to your Word or OO document. Makes a nifty citation. Cheers.

  in Problems/questions Comment by mazibuko May 11, 2009
• After rebooting the computer, this still remains a problem (I thought there might have been a problem with the laptop waking up from a suspend to disk. I tested it after initial reboot. Worked once, and only once. Now it is backing to hanging Wri…

  in OO plugin hangs, have to kill OO Comment by mazibuko March 10, 2009
• Thanks, much appreciated!

  in Ecology journal - doesn't allow scrape to journal format Comment by mazibuko February 26, 2009
• Hi, Alright, I am still having the same problem after installing version 3.8: database on the windows XP computer won't sync, the OpenSuse laptop, no worries. I am at the stage now where I need to get those two databases merged and keep work…

  in Error Report ID 1368888959 Comment by mazibuko February 13, 2009
• Done, thanks.

  in Error Report ID 1368888959 Comment by mazibuko January 29, 2009
• Same error persists on my Windows XP machine. New report sent: 215296615. Would I be better off syncing using the portable solution recommended on this site? I have a home network that allows my linux and xp laptops to communicate, and jfil…

  in Error Report ID 1368888959 Comment by mazibuko January 29, 2009
• Hi, This might be a stupid suggestion, but is it possible that links will not show up (particularly manually input links, which I have a number of to various PDFs that didn't scrape) when syncing between two computers using different o/s. E.g…

  in Attachments no longer found after sync from other machine Comment by mazibuko January 29, 2009