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  • My first step would be to verify that all the basic elements work. Install Zotero on your distro (without linking to your account), then add and set up Zotmoov and Proton drive, and the web connector for your preferred browser. Then test that Zotmoo…
  • How are you adding files to Zotero ? The linked-files plugins (Zotfile up until Zotero v6; Zotmoov or Attanger in Zotero v6+) only work automatically to move files to your designated linked-files folder if downloaded via the Web Connector. And of co…
  • As the message says, the Group has reached the owner's online *file* storage quota. If the owner wishes for more files to be uploaded by any Group members, the owner needs to pay to increase their online file storage quota. *Data* uploading is alwa…
  • For existing stored PDF attachment files that you wish to convert to linked files, you use the right-click "move to" option in either plugin (after having set the designated "move to" folder in the plugin's Settings). Best to do the move in smaller …
  • Re #1, until that becomes a feature of Zotero desktop, the Ethereal Style plugin can display an item count for each collection in the left pane (turn off all its other functions in Settings if that's the only one you use).
  • Until this becomes a feature of Zotero desktop, the Ethereal Style plugin can display an item count for each collection in the left pane (turn off all its other functions in Settings if that's the only one you use). But not for Saved Searches - thos…
  • If they have DOIs or URLs (and don't already have a PDF) ... right-click Find Available PDF (the option only appears when those criteria are satisfied). https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/103321/how-does-find-available-pdf-works
  • @AlbertoM1 you have been talking to the lead developer all along. https://www.zotero.org/support/forum_guidelines#etiquette
  • In desktop Zotero, that would be the Ethereal Style plugin.
  • OK, so if your data directory was originally at C:\Users\victb\Zotero\ that makes sense for Zotero thinking the example PDF should be at C:\Users\victb\Zotero\storage\TUFZBV7V\Jensen et al. - 2025 - .pdf (that PDF's stored path at the time it was or…
  • Firstly, to be clear, we assume by "linked attachments" you do mean Zotero 'linked' attachment files, which are different to the default 'stored' files under Zotero\storage (people sometimes use "linked" as a generic description of all attachment fi…
  • So Zotero must have initially stored that PDF at C:\Users\victb\Zotero\storage\TUFZBV7V\Jensen et al. - 2025 - .pdf. Because that's how Zotero recorded its location. And Zotero still thinks it is there. And that is a 'stored' file (not a 'linked' f…
  • There is almost never a reason to update many file paths manually. What is the file path listed in one of the error messages now ? And what is the actual path to that file ?
  • Usually the clue to fixing linked file path issues is in the error message - where Zotero thinks the file should be - compared to where the file actually is now. If the problem is simple, setting a Linked Attachment Base Directory on all your comput…
  • Most web pages do get saved with a snapshot (as long as you have that set in Settings\General). If sometimes you don't get a Snapshot saved by the connector, you can always use the SingleFile browser extension to save the webpage and then add it to …
  • You can automate this for each linked PDF you want to work on in the Zotero mobile apps with Zotmoov's custom menus. You don't need Zoo in that scheme. Not sure if Attanger can automate similarly, but it should at least be able do it all manually. h…
  • If Zotfile could have done this (I'm not sure, I never needed that option) it would have been working with area/image annotations embedded in the PDF. That would have been prior to Zotero v6, when PDF work required an external PDF reader. Then the P…
  • You mention Onedrive in your title, but not again in the text. You also mention 'the cloud with Zotero' in your text. But it's not clear exactly how you have things set up. If you mean that you have your Zotero data directory in Onedrive, you can't …
    in OneDrive Comment by tim820 July 21, 2025
  • A "smart folder" does not actually *put* all your PDFs in a single folder. It simply displays them in one place in File Manager in your OS, by saving the file search. The PDFs remain in their individual folders under the Zotero\storage hierarchy. Y…
  • I assume you are referring to "linked" PDFs, not those in local Zotero storage (under Zotero\storage - Zotero should always be able to correctly delete "stored" PDFs) ? Why is the link no longer working ? Is the PDF file no longer at the linked loc…
  • See https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/changes_not_syncing
  • That's my experience with Ethereal Style too. There is the option in its settings to turn off those of its many operations you don't use, which may reduce the processor load. I think I only have one operation turned ON.
  • The delitemwithatt plugin should do that. https://github.com/redleafnew/delitemwithatt As with any bulk operation, it's often best to start with smaller chunks to see how fast it runs.
  • To confirm what you need to have enabled, in MS Word you can go to Trust Centre, then Trust Centre Settings, and look there under File Block Settings. RTF Files should be UN-checked - that is, there should be no restrictions on opening or saving RTF…
  • If you think about what your particular plugins do, you realize that some only do things when you ask them to, while others are doing things most of the time, or at least regularly, in the background. The latter type of plugin can be processor inten…
  • You can restore them from your Zotero trash/bin. Note the difference between Move Item to Bin/Trash (presumably what you did; or just pressed the Delete key*) and Remove Item From Collection. In the latter case, the item remains in your Library and…
    in gd Comment by tim820 July 14, 2025
  • The Reference plugin will do that, and some powerful other things. It's a bit difficult to begin with due to the lack of up-to-date English documentation, but is worth the effort. Its ability to find matching references in your library will depend o…
  • The implementation of shortcuts in Zotero (like in OS file managers) would address many issues like this: shortcuts to Saved Searches from wherever you want to place the shortcut - in a Collection, under an individual Item, etc. The Saved Searches l…
  • Are these images being viewed on the same device where they were originally added to the note ? Images in notes are only synced across devices if file syncing is turned on. If not, they will only be visible on the original device (where they are lo…
  • Try this plugin. Test first on one small folder hierarchy. https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-folder-import Brief instructions: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/348687/#Comment_348687