That is the Zotfile plugin. Be sure that you have that installed. http://zotfile.com

Zotfile: General tab: Attach stored copy of file

Is there a way when moving Zotero+Zotfile from one computer into another, to do a full export-import, _including_ *settings/preferences* from both to Zotero and Zotfile?

I've migrated cloud storage and in the process lost my folder with Tablet files. No problem for me (they are all still in Zotero) but it confuses Zotfile, which started to generate loads of error mess

As far as I understand, I would have to pay for Dropbox Plus so that my interns can access the library without having to copy it over to their desktops. They would set the dropbox folder as the Data D

You can do all of these things using regular expressions with the “user-defined wildcards” described at zotfile.com

Edit: I genuinely tried to figure these out studying the "User-Defined Wildcards" instructions on zotfile.com, but couldn't figure out e.g. how to apply title case to the title.

It’s possible to use Zotero with Google Drive using the Zotfile plugin (see the “Alternative” section at the bottom of this page https://www.zotero.org/support/sync).

Hi, there have been several pdfs where I could copy and paste and the zotfile extract annotation window actually shows the green checkmark indicating it works fine but no note is being created in zote

You don't use it that way - you can have zotfile for the zotero desktop client copy files in and out of a set directory, which you can sync using something like Dropbox

Can someone explain to me how to get ZotFile for iPad? I cannot find it in the apple app store.

(usually) fixable with a plugin; case in point: ZotFile.

@dstillman I see. I've read about ZotFile, but your arguments are solid. I might just leave it be for now and let Zotero organize it the way it does. I was confused for a while, cause when I manually

You can use http://zotfile.com for pretty much the same effect in Zotero, yes. (Though note that Zotero and Mendeley use the same citation styles, so there's no difference in editing them between the

@paulstrange: By default, Zotero stores files within its own data directory. If you really want to keep files in your own external directory, you can use linked files, and the ZotFile plugin makes tha

(Don’t use that setting—that’s not what it does, and Skim annotations aren’t standard and won’t work easily with Zotfile.)

i tried to change it and use Skim, by changing extensions.zotfile.pdfExtraction.openPdfMac_skim

Thanks for your support. At the time of writing my initial post, I saw no nothing under Tools / Add-ons / Extensions. I re-installed zotfile and things were back.

as i understand zotfile should be able to extract not only highlighted passages but also text added by the reader by means of [text fields] and/or [memos].

2) No. It will make a link to the file at it’s current location. The easiest way to setup a linked file workflow that automatically moves files is to use the Zotfile plugin. With this installed, when