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• Yes, I did enter a single \ character in the first prompt and / in the second prompt. I clicked "Attach Link to File..." from the Attachment menu and created a new linked file attachment. It works and the path looks as it should, i.e., all the path…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 12, 2022
• @qqbb As mentioned in my previous message, the "replace all instances" box is already checked. And yet the issue remains. I pasted the output of "Show attachment paths" in my previous message. Your recommendation to use "show attachment paths" on…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 6, 2022
• I am on MacOS FYI.

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 5, 2022
• Forgot to add, Zutilo's "Show attachment paths" is giving "/Users/tml/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-UNSW/Literature/In Zotero/ForsythA et al2011\Forsyth et al., 2011-Urban Design - Is there a Distinctive View from the Bicycle.pdf"

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 4, 2022
• Thank you! Still not working... 1. I reverted to absolute paths 2. Went through steps 2-4 again, but this time with a path separator at the end of the new partial path in step 4 (thanks for catching that omission) When I clicked on the reference…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 4, 2022
• Because I have subfolders titled with the author last name and year, im guessing that on my old laptop, I had "use subfolder defined by []" box checked in the Zotfile Preferences> General Settings>Location of Files

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 3, 2022
• As requested,... Settings *Zotero Preferences - General: everything checked except "Rename linked files" - Sync: everything checked except "Sync attachment files in My Library using []" - Advanced>Files and Folders: base directory set to "/Us…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 3, 2022
• Yup, I can provide more detail - but any chance I can do a screenshare with you? Might be easier to go through this together, in real time.

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 3, 2022
• Ok I've found the issue (for why the file cant be found at the new [correct] path). This is what is happening: 1. The incorrect path that I need to fix is "INCORRECT PATH\Smith et al2019\title.pdf" 2. After modifying the attachment path via Zutilo…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 3, 2022
• Thank you. ------ As suggested, I added the Zutilo plug-in and tried using the "Modify attachment paths" feature to fix my links. As my old laptop was Windows and my current one is a Mac, I checked the box "replace all instances" so that I can sw…

  in opening/retrieving and saving linked files Comment by trcmlw February 2, 2022