I installed Zotfile and set Location of Files to /Users/me/OneDrive/Papers/ (I have a bunch of subdirectories here), and I used the same directory in Zotero > Preferences > Advanced > Files and Folder

I manage my attachment to move my attachments in group to a different location,but nothing happens while I did that in my own home , attachments can be exported to custom location

1. What should my Zotfile settings be for the 'Source Folder for Attaching New Files' – would this have to be a single and separate folder to my main thesis folder – because I'm manually saving pdfs t

Could someone please explain the step-by-step process to extract annotations in pdfs? I downloaded and installed the zotfile add on, but when I highlight within a pdf and then save it, nothing extract

No one mentioned wonderful Zotfile plugin here, it solves the problem mentioned by citenote here.

Ok, so a workaround for this is to incorporate periodical titles into PDF title with ZotFile. Then they are searchable in the iPad File app, PDF Expert, etc. Not sure if anyone needs this particular w

1. I use zotfile to store all pdfs in an external folder, then I sync the folder using dropbox

doesn't make a difference. You can use the ZotFile plugin to convert attachments to linked files in the location you specify (which should generally be the same as your Linked Attachment Base Directo

You can use the ZotFile plugin in the meantime to copy PDFs and annotations to and from your tablet.

(To be clear, ZotFile doesn't put the "library" in the external folder. It makes it easier to use a linked-file workflow, as explained in the Alternative Syncing Solutions section linked from the page

I recently downloaded zotfile so that all of my PDFs are automatically saved to my google drive, just in case. I mainly use the chrome zotero plugin. Zotfile works great when I'm downloading a paper s

You could use plugin Zotfile to put your library into external folder

elouisee_k you could use plugins like Zotfile together with external sync services

@qqbb and @bwiernik: Yes, this could be an explanation. I'm accessing both papers with the account of my university, which gives me free access to both PDFs, so I don't get why Zotero+ZotFile would tr

of the item from another site and downloaded. Zotfile wasn’t aware of that and so didn’t move it.

We strongly discourage this sort of thing, particularly if you've already posted here — it's way overkill, it can cause other unexpected problems, and it prevents us from actually figuring out what th

ZotFile 5.0.16

I have used Zotero for years but was a late convert to Zotfile. I installed Zotfile and was able to use the magic "Manage Attachments/Rename Attachments" to correctly sort and rename hundreds of docu

One option is to use ZotFile's "Attach New File" function for grabbing a saved PDF file from the Downloads folder, see here. Some users might prefer to save websites as PDF files, since they can then

@talestomaz: Only the first paper is open-access. Maybe there was some related issue with the second paper. In case there's an issue like this, you could use Zutilo's keyboard shortcuts for ZotFile's