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Zotfile documentation is in a state of flux. It was not updated when some things changed from Zotero v5 to v6 (annotation extraction moved into Zotero). And now it will likely change again for Zotero v7 (likely replaced by a new plugin with similar …
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@xuxinliang the zotero-scihub plugin's compatibility with zotero v7 is apparently being worked on ... https://github.com/ethanwillis/zotero-scihub/issues/96
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You can find out how much Zotero file storage is being occupied on your old computer by looking at the total file storage under your Zotero\storage folder hierarchy in your OS on that computer. That will tell you roughly how much online Zotero file …
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Also FWIW, the Zotero Connector generally works fine in both Firefox and Google Chrome when those browsers are set up with typical privacy extensions, eg Privacy Badger, NoScript, Adblock Plus, uBlock Origin, Ghostery, etc. Occasionally something ma…
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"Document" is a common generic catch-all for this and other cases that don't have a more specific item type. It's your database, so as long as you know what the item is that's all that really matters. If you want to add more refined sub-categorizati…
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They will be saved in your backup of your Zotero files (they exist as html files in local Zotero storage folders, and so would be the same in your backup). Of course everyone should have created such a backup (check the forum for messages like "I lo…
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Which versions of Zotero and Zotfile are you using ? In Zotfile preferences, is there a green tick next to the location you set for Custom Location (ie the OneDrive folder) ? If I recall correctly, some people do use a OneDrive folder as their Zot…
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Assuming you want the full locations of those files, such lists can be generated with code like that below, run within Zotero under Tools\Developer\Run Javascript. *All* attachment files in local storage (not just PDFs) are listed with the followin…
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I don't think I'm splitting hairs by thinking that selecting the Tag Selector and not seeing the Tag Selector would be categorized as a bug. ;) Fixing it would help operations where one wishes to work specifically on one's tags. The suggested one-l…
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Some PDFs in Zotfile's Custom Location can indeed become 'orphaned' if one uses Zotero's Move Item to Bin on the item to which they belong. Zotero does not delete linked PDFs. So one should always use the delitem addon to actually delete such items,…
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@reillyperovich you didn't say how you attempted to transition to linked files. Did you use Zotfile to move the PDFs to your cloud OneDrive folder (which updates their location in the Zotero database) ?
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After much discussion*, it appears that most other Zotfile functionality will be available in Zotero v7 (which is yet to be released; currently in beta) via a new addon, zotero-file. But tablet sync is not currently included. https://github.com/Muis…
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As to what the "whole" thread was about, it has obviously meandered. The OP's issue was basically why Zotero v7 no longer appeared to reflect what was actually a Zotfile operation (which does not run in v7). That is the issue that has been returned …
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OK, apologies if I've misinterpreted what I've been seeing/what Zotero does (not for the first time !). My use case with Zotfile is ... my use case. Thanks for clarifying the Zotero operations that I've not seen as often - because I have rarely used…
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I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this. I cannot recall a single instance where the often-arbitrary download file name applied by a journal publisher was worth preserving. Applying Zotfile renaming rules to both the title field and the actu…
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Re "instead of permanently overwriting attachment titles created by Zotero" ... Zotfile has *always* (over)written the attachment title with the same (renamed) name it has applied to the actual PDF filename. At least for the auto-renaming that Zotf…
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Phrasing it as "Add to *Current* Note" might make the operation of this selection clearer.
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Once you understand the 'playlist' analogy, that is that Zotero's Collections are *not* like (operating system) folders, it's good to get a few key things under your belt: That all items you have will always remain in the Library, unless you send t…
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OK, we're probably dealing with unusual scenarios here. But in writing the above it occurred to me that it may not always be possible to fully revert to what you had originally in all cases, after setting a LABD for the first time. Let's say your sc…
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I recently went through a similar process and it went smoothly. When I added the Linked Attachment Base Directory setting, all linked PDF files were successfully transitioned from absolute to relative paths by Zotero. The first thing to know is th…
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This bug is usually associated with the Night plugin.
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@cjb if you are used to the way that Zotfile handles renaming in this case (as I am too), the new zotero-file addon should replicate that behaviour in Zotero 7. https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/439774/#Comment_439774
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I noticed that's a bug in the Night addon. Disable it and you should see the problem go away.
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Out of interest, what happens with a linked PDF file (stored that way via the desktop app) when in the iOS phone app ? Let's say I have my linked PDFs in G:\ZoteroAttachments on *all* my PCs ... so no need for a LABD setting, and thus G:\ZoteroAtta…
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Another workaround would be to use Zotero's RTF Scan. That is, unformatted citations, that don't require any particular word processor or word processor plugin. It simply requires you to save at least your last pre-final-formatting version of the do…
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To wit, in advanced/saved searches there are field choices for Date, Date Added, and Date Modified. They have an option for "In the last 'x' days/months/years".
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The zotero-reference addon has a version of that type of functionality. It first gets a list of a paper's cited references list (either by API call to Crossref, or text parsing of the PDF), which it places under the (new) References tab in the righ…
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I notice that there is now an English version of the README.md instructions ... https://github.com/MuiseDestiny/zotero-reference/blob/bootstrap/README.EN.md
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I don't have a Mac, so can't test this as another option, but how well does Zotero's RTF Scan work on Macs ? That is, writing with unformatted citations, and thus not needing to use the word processor plugin at all. https://www.zotero.org/support/rt…
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When first learning Zotero I think it's best to be instructed to check that metadata is all present and formatted correctly on each incoming new reference. Sometimes people prefer to leave fixing up any problems until when a bibliography is generate…