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• Yup, that's what happened. I deleted it. Thanks!

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 19, 2013
• The only files with "profile" in their name are in Application Support. I actually have deleted that before, and when I start Zotero it just creates a new profile in the same place. Is that OK, to have my library in one location, and my profile in a…

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Done. Whoof, what an afternoon! Thank you both for all your help. Now I'm going to put my pants back on. Just kidding! Seriously, though, thanks.

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• got it. here we go: 67-194-7-52:~ eschoolman$ ls -la /Users/eschoolman/Documents/Articles\ and\ Resources/Zotero total 236200 drwxr-xr-x 18 eschoolman 501 612 18 Nov 17:33 . drwxr-xr-x 12 eschoolman 501 408 8 Mar 20…

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Okay, I forgot something, which I just re-discovered looking at where Firefox was storing my zotero library. I put it in a folder in my Documents. Here's the path: 67-194-7-52:~ eschoolman$ ls -la total 80 drwxr-xr-x+ 26 eschoolman 501…

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Bingo. I use standalone, but it shares with Firefox, and the zotero folder was in the Firefox profile. Now what? I can't open Zotero to tell it to look for the data in a different place, because.... well, Zotero won't let me open it.

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• I don't mean to be argumentative, but I don't think that it does. Specifically: The linked page says that my Zotero data is stored in the following: Zotero Standalone OS X /Users//Library/Application Support/Zotero/Profiles//zotero But I do not …

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Is there a way that I can send you a screenshot?

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• not quite sure what you mean. There's no lowercase "zotero" folder that I can see inside /Users/eschoolman/Library/Zotero

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• 67-194-7-52:~ eschoolman$ ls -la /Users/eschoolman/Library/Zotero total 24 drwxrwxrwx 5 eschoolman 501 170 18 Nov 14:39 . drwxr-xr-x@ 61 eschoolman 501 2074 18 Nov 15:58 .. -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 eschoolman 501 6148 18 Nov 15:44 .DS_Store …

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Last login: Mon Nov 18 15:53:43 on ttys000 67-194-7-52:~ eschoolman$ ls -la total 80 drwxr-xr-x+ 26 eschoolman 501 884 11 Nov 11:48 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 29 Oct 16:42 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 eschoolman 501 …

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013
• Yes. Also restarting Firefox, and making sure the plugin was uptodate, etc.

  in Zotero standalone won't open, can't access database Comment by eschoolman November 18, 2013