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For example: The ZotFile setup "how to install has big gaps which need explanation: 1) "To Attach new files to Zotero items" What's this mean? If my items are pdfs, why would I want to add new file? 2) "For Zotero Firefox..." What's Firefox g…

in Please circulate a general introduction to Zotfile using IOS targeting iPad issue a general notice. Comment by OAERICLE March 19, 2019

With Zotero seemng to perform so well, and Papership doing a fair job, I upgraded to the top level and completed the upload of my complete library of pdfs. Since then Papership went through the motions of syncing my whole library taking a couple of…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 17, 2019

I have cleaned out my original Zotero data folder (moved it all to HD) and repopulated it with my duplicate free (largely) set of 7779 files. I told it to sync, it gave me an error message that it was empty, but it seems to be going ahead okay, but…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 13, 2019

Can you do screen share?

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 13, 2019

I'm sorry for the delay. I've been getting Apple Support for another problem I mean I have no functionality. I need to understand the dialog boxes

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 13, 2019

Thanks for your previous responses. You say that Zotero is a reference manager, but not a file-manager, but it will do some file management, but not including removal of duplicates. Because of the explosion of scientific literature, this is goin…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 12, 2019

Thanks. Re-exporting these files is no longer an option. Qiqqa is defunct and no longer runs under the latest version of Windows. I had previously exported them as pdfs. I now have a folder on my Macbk (running Parallels) under User:Me "Zotero" l…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 12, 2019

I'd appreciate a clarification about the ambiguity Zotero data directory versus my data directory. e.g. This(1) is where I want Zotero to find my pdfs (e.g. on external disk), and this(2) is where Zotero should generate its internal folder structur…

in Zotero data directory Comment by OAERICLE March 12, 2019

I'm trying to import my large folder of my pdfs. If I point the data directory to this folder, does Zotero reconfigure them all into its multifolder format? Does it clear out all the files in the previous format? Secondly, I'm still confused abou…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 11, 2019

Of course. For me, switching to Zotero is like changing horses near the end of the race.

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 11, 2019

Time is precious. Smaller database sounds like a basic aim. Certainly not obvious to this user. The Zotero user manual is a hard read particularly when one's mindset is about 39 light-years away from managing a database. Your help is the best I…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 11, 2019

Thanks for these clarifications. The history is only incidental interest i.e. my migrating from Qiqqa - which was both a reference manager (brilliant with the exception than it only cited in MSWord) and file manager (poor). However, Qiqqa became…

in Pruning database, but cannot find pdf file size Comment by OAERICLE March 11, 2019

Thanks. But please forgive me. I didn't understand merging files, and I still do not. What exactly is being merged? It seems a very odd term to use if the object is to remove duplicates. What does merging achieve if it is not to do that? Why d…