Hi,

The other two methods to sync files between computers -- using webDAV and using linked files and relative links, typically involving ZotFile -- are described here: https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#

*use zotfile to extract annotations (which will create a note with the annotated text and backlinks to the pdf)

I recommend using Zotfile to send PDFs between your Zotero library and a cloud-drive folder, such as Dropbox or iCloud. You can then access the PDFs in that cloud folder using iPad apps such as iBooks

Do you have any idea why the highlighter function wouldn't be working well in Preview (or other apps)? I would be fine switching over if it meant ZotFile could do the extractions, but my main complain

it's clearly highlighting text, and that's why ZotFile can extract it. If it's just a drawing, it wouldn't be able to.

First of all I want to preface by saying how incredibly in love with the Zotero/Zotfile system. I am a year into my graduate program and taking the time to finally learn and set up Zotero is completel

I'm using /%c/ subfolders (i.e. one for each Zotero collection/subcollection). Downside of this is that when a paper is in multiple collections Zotfile saves it in only one folder (great in itself, wo

Expanded metadata for renaming (ala Zotfile) is planned, but will probably happen only when a community member submits a pull request with code for it.

I know that Zotfile has this capability to rename an item attachment by the title of the publication (by using {%p}). However, I wonder whether we can do this by the Zotero rename function itself? In

-some of the entries have attachments with filename: "ZotFileStorage/filename.pdf"

Hi, I've just installed Zotfile (5.0.9) and use it with Zotero standalone 5.0.56. As I understand, Zotfile can scan the downloads folder and automatically add new PDFs, rename them, and move them to a

@stevenmonrad: See the above instructions, which are also on the ZotFile page. You don't install ZotFile into Firefox anymore.

I do not know whether this has been asked before, but I would like to send items to a folder in zotfile from a saved search, rather than from a folder. The case being that I have a saved search with e

I figured it out thanks to this guide: https://catherinepope.com/how-to-make-zotero-even-better-with-zotfile/

Thanks @bwiernik . Zotfile sounds like the solution. I installed the add-on and now trying to figure out how to start using it. Can't seem to find any instructions or tutorials... I posted [here](h

I've just installed Zotfile but I'm struggling to find instructions or documentation on how to use it. The website (http://zotfile.com) describes how to install and set it up (done) and explains that

Install the Zotfile plugin. Then, you can right click on the item, click Manage Attachments, and Extract annotations. This will extract comment bubbles, highlights, and underlines into a Zotero note,

I annotated (highlights+comments) a PDF file in Preview but after trying to extract annotations only highlights would be included in the note created by ZotFile. Is this a structural thing that ZotFil

What exactly are you trying to do with Zotfile?