I believe Zotero is exploring incorporating auto-extraction of annotations ala Zotfile to address this feature.

There is a possible option. Install the ZotFile plugin. So, there will be an extra option when right-click on the PDF file to extract annotations (Manage attachment -> Extract annotation). Then, the c

Yes! Using Zotero Beta did the trick. ZotFile is now automatically renaming all the files during import (and moving them, I guess).

If you want to partly use Zotero storage, I think the easiest way would be to move more files from Zotero storage to OneDrive -- ZotFile would help you do that easily -- until you go below 6GB on sync

And if I use ZotFile's rename function on multiple files, it still only renames the first one. So what you were saying (If Mendeley files are stored in "Downloaded", Zotero imports the PDFs to its own

When I import from Mendeley in Zotero, all files are linked files, and "Show File" directs me to the "Mendeley Desktop" folder. Only when I use Zotero's "Rename Attachment" function (from ZotFile), th

If you no longer want to do that, and want to store the files within the Zotero data directory and have Zotero manage and sync them, ZotFile may be able to convert them for you. I don't know the detai

Hey all,

Have you used a third-party Zotero extension such as ZotFile in the last several months? Somehow an attachment in your library changed types, which should never happen in normal usage of Zotero.

version => 5.0.52, platform => MacIntel, oscpu => Intel Mac OS X 10.13, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0.52, extensions => ZotFile (5.0.8, extension), Zotero Word for Mac Integrat

A simple manual solution would be to store the PDFs in a cloud folder, then drag them into Zotero while holding Shift. This will move the files into Zotero, retrieve metadata for them, let Zotfile mov

The issue is that I am happy with zotfile's abilities for me to read and annotate existing references, but always when I'm reading, I find more things to read immediately or queue for reading.

I am now going to redirect my entire 'Zotero' data directory folder back to it's default location and then consider either using Zotfile or symlinking the 'storage' subfolder of the Zotero data direct

To use Dropbox to sync files, the easiest method is to use Zotfile to move files into Dropbox for you (see here: http://zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions). Symlinking the 'storage'

with "") and moves it to the folder that I set Zotfile to export to/import from (with the "Replacing existing files" box checked).

I know this thread is old, but I want to +1 Zotfile. I highlight and take notes in acrobat pro then just extract annotations then go through and code/tag them. It's wonderful.

with attached pdfs (links to files sorted by Zotfile according to my renaming rules) in my Dropbox, to which I need to give my colleague access for a joint research project. I had understood this to

And file links are still not available for groups, so the ZotFile for groups solution is indeed not available.

configuration file to point to this database. Zotfile maintains the links to the network file locations. I also have a script that will update the server version of the database when things change an

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