If you export a pdf With embedded notes from Skim these can be extracted by Zotfile. When I do this I add an _N to the end of the file name (so that it doesn't overwrite the original pdf), make sure i

I think that's just a byproduct of how ZotFile works:

I use Zotfile and Zutilo, all parameters include my personal folder.

Since we're hoping to take over some of the ZotFile functionality, the idea was that that would apply to linked files as well, and so the auto-renaming behavior and pref kind of needed to do the same

Not currently. When Zotfile was originally written, there was no analogous free library like pdf.js for reading ePub. That’s changed, but the Zotfile developer is very active with his academic job and

I'm curious: has this or anything like it happened to anyone else? Perhaps the new “Retrieve Metadata for PDF” feature may have spawned this somehow? Or perhaps ZotFile?

I know that Zotfile extracts pdf annotation. Is there a way to extract epub?

I'm not sure whether ZotFile does automatic renaming for existing linked files that you add to Zotero

It was intentional (and is mentioned in the blog post). The ultimate goal here is to absorb some of the more popular ZotFile's functionality, which would include managing filenames for linked files (t

You can obviously re-install the various add-ons (assuming they are compatible with Zotero 5 -- but Zotfile, Zutilo, and most other popular add-ons are) but no, I'm afraid there's no (reasonably easy)

Like Zotfile, Zutillo etc. I reinstalled Windows thus Zotero as well. I important libraries no problem. Can I import the plugins I had with their settings?

Zotfile extract annotations into Zotero notes. The notes are part of the main Zotero database, i.e. zotero.sqlite, in the Zotero data folder https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data

I just updated to Zotero 5.0.37 for mac (I am running High Sierra 10.13.3). Zotfile has been not working for at least a day. I have tried re-downloading Zotfile (version 5.0.7) and restarting Zotero t

version => 5.0.37, platform => MacIntel, oscpu => Intel Mac OS X 10.13, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0.37, extensions => ZotFile (5.0.7, extension), Zotero Word for Mac Integrat

Worked! My library is back. However, my addons like Zutilo, Zotfile, and customisations are gone.

If you do want to work with links and Dropbox, the ZotFile tool www.zotfile.com offers an easy & quick way to convert attached files to links in a location of your choosing.

Look at http://zotfile.com/

If you really will use Zotero as the primary tool for managing your library and notes (it is my way), then you do not need human-readable folders for file storage. For example, I really do not know wh

human-readable folders for file storage and then ZotFile+Dropbox is the best/only options.

Zotfile+Dropbox: pros - no money; cons - you have to set up it for work