I would like to have my file names contain only the first n significant words of the title. (I would eventually choose n=1, but why not have it generalized.)

Yes, I have set the source folder. Mostly, I will download the paper and it's convenient to use Zotfile to attach new file.

Do you have a source folder set in the General tab of Zotfile preferences? Note that that option is intended for use of Zotfile's "source folder" feature (e.g., to grab the most recently downloaded fi

yeah, have a look at Zotfile -- you can use that to move all files to custom locations, including using Zotero's collection structure.

I think this is actually possible with Zotfile with a bit of set-up

I download the pdf in my folder, then right click the item in Zotero, choose attach new file. But the Zotfile has no response. I need to restart the app to make it response.

After I open Zotero for a time, it can not attach new file through Zotfile. I need to restart the app to attach new file. BTW, I am using the Mac version.

Did the trick for me, ZotFile will extract the annotations fine.

I had a look on what ZotFile could do for me but stumbled upon 2 issues:

Is there a way to have an item permanently tagged after being retrieved from a mobile device?

I've followed the instructions for dowloading Zotfile and am using v. 5.0.25 of Zotero. I have pointed to the folder where I am dowloading PDFs but when I do this, Zotero doesn't seem to give me the p

You need to install Zotfile in the Zotero app, not Firefox. In Firefox, right-click on the download link and choose Save Link Target As and save the .xpi file to your computer. Then, in Zotero, click

Zotfile can't be downloaded and installed in Firefox?

Now I also understand that you're saying Zotfile reproduces the links in Zotero, even though they originally appear as bookmarks in the PDF file.

And if your note looks similar to the 2nd one I posted, that's absolutely Zotfile, which extracts the bookmarks in PDFs into a Zotero note for ease of access. Deleting them in Zotero doesn't delete th

I don't think Zotfile is generating these links, as the actual PDF file has all of them as bookmarks, as far a I can tell.

@dstillman ZotFile auto-extract PDF table of contents using PDF bookmarks.

It just has a large table of contents (generated by ZotFile, btw.) of the PDF/book -- correct?

If you are using Zotfile and you are saving files in another folder, you can just search for pdf files in the storage directory using software like directory opus and delete all the pdf or manually li

If they come on a USB, you get the metadata separately, and you want to use Zotfile to process them, there is no solution to get all of them into your library at once. You'd probably have to copy them