I just had my computer updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 which meant re-intsalling Zotero and ZotFile. I was very pleased to discover that Zotero / Zotfile picked up where they left off smoothly,

The main problem I have with such editor + ref mgr systems is that they are geared towards their own editor, and consequently anything else (such as bibtex) is either ill supported or not supported. I

Hi. I'm having a problem with zotfile renaming. My rename format is "author, year", so there are quite often filenames generated that already exist in the target folder. If this happens, the file is r

I hope to be in the 'right' discussion, but I noticed that - however having unselected the 'use zotero to rename' option - automatically added pdfs (from the safari addon) and pdfs directly added to z

oh you need to tell Zotfile to extract them: right-click -> Manage Attachments --> Extract Annotations

Preview works with Zotfile. You'd have to say more than "doesn't work" to allow us to troubleshoot.

Thank you for the link adamsmith. I did download zotfile but it does not seem to work. I am using Preview as a pdf reader. should I be using something else? I appreciate the help.

Check out http://zotfile.com/

No, you can set Zotfile to create sub folders based on collections in Zotero.

Great, thank you for the updates. I'm using this for my graduate school courses, am i able to set each course as a collection and then use zotfile to set up different folders in my gdrive that the pdf

(ZotFile isn't aware of the new auto-retrieve metadata option so doesn't move files attached that way. Files manually attached or added by translators should be moved though)

the pdf file to the desired folder I set up via Zotfile in gdrive. So it does require one extra step than what it sounds like the intended method is, but simple enough.

I'm running Zotero Standalone with Zotfile. I have a custom directory where I let Zotfile store my attachments. I migrated computers and when I try to open attachments (that I know exist and can find

Zotfile will automatically move and rename files if you have a Custom Location set in the Zotfile General Settings and have "Use Zotero to rename" unchecked in the Zotfile Renaming Rules settings.

Hi, I have somehow the same issue. But another thing that I'm trying to mention is that Zotfile does not move the attached files to the newly selected folder path. I mean during the attaching PDF file

* Zotfile 5.0.7

Yes: if you annotate PDFs in a third-party program, the modified files will be synced. The Zotfile extension adds additional capabilities. 5. Can Zotero transfer all the citation from Endnote to Zoter

I was trying to use Zotfile today and things went wrong. I had a backup, which still works fine if I deactivate the syncing function. However, If I try to sync, Zotero understands that the online vers

to do with your Zotero version — you just need ZotFile installed in Zotero.

This has always been a ZotFile function and ZotFile is very much compatible with Zotero 5.0.44: note that you do _not_ want to install it in Firefox. You want it in Zotero. See the installation instru