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• This says that Aliases don't work with programs that use Posix file APIs: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/2991/whats-the-difference-between-alias-and-link "Another difference is that command-line tools (i.e. anything that uses Pos…

  in Space Effficiency: Using Hardlinks to PDFs with Zotero Store Files Comment by Msimky July 4, 2014
• So basically, for Zotero users on a Mac, it should be possible to save a lot of space with Aliases, but his won't work for those using other operating systems?

  in Space Effficiency: Using Hardlinks to PDFs with Zotero Store Files Comment by Msimky July 4, 2014
• I have an existing folder structure for my PDFs that I like--organized by project / paper -- so I can more easily find them and share with editors and co-authors using dropbox. I'm trying to avoid having too many duplicate files. @ fbennet…

  in Space Effficiency: Using Hardlinks to PDFs with Zotero Store Files Comment by Msimky July 4, 2014
• Thanks. Makes lots of sense. On my main computer, I have a relatively small SSD and a larger secondary HD. So the hardlinks are only good within one disk, not across them. Got that part. I've been doing some research before trying this hardli…

  in Space Effficiency: Using Hardlinks to PDFs with Zotero Store Files Comment by Msimky July 4, 2014
• That sounds like a cool feature. How do I set up the automatic proxy with Zotero for firefox? Is there anyway to do that through Chrome?

  in Zotero platforms Comment by Msimky July 4, 2014
• Thank you very much. Any estimate of when that functionality will be available?

  in Building a library with research assistants Comment by Msimky July 3, 2014