This discussion was created from comments split from: macOS Sierra: papers protected?.

I am using Zotero 4.0.29.10 with Zotfile 4.2.6 and trying to get it to extract annotations I have done mainly in Goodreader. Zotfile will successfully extract highlighted text, and also text in popup

arinbasu -- that's unrelated to the topic of this thread. You'll probably want to post to the ZotFile thread with this (though note that Skim has never worked with ZotFile and is unlikely to in the fu

I used Skim rather than Preview for reading PDFs and marking up. While it did not prompt me for not being able to save, Zotfile does not seem to work. Zotfile does not work with Preview either in Mac

I will experiment with ZotFile 5.0 on my Zotero 4.0.29.10 stand-alone until Zotero 5.0 is ready.

Zotero 5 is around the corner and requires a significant update to add-ons. Zotfile 5.0 is designed to be compatible with Zotero 5.0. However, it's unlikely to be ready in time for Zotero 5. BUT you c

I do have zotero installed on my home computer, but it's still without the zotfile extension. All what I did yesterday, is that I moved the folder in question from the Group to My Library. Could that

It's either or -- either you move the files to Dropbox using ZotFile or you store them in Zotero's data folder and sync with webDAV.

ZotFile typically moves files, so it's not surprising that they're not on your WebDAV. For Dropbox, do you have base folder specified in the advanced tab of the zotero preferences?

has 300MB?), and all my files are dumped via Zotfile to a Dropbox folder. My original PC crashed but thanks to the dropbox, I saved all the files. The new PC has zotero up and running, all the info a

Is this in a group? That's the only reason I know of that you wouldn't have that option. You do have a green check mark after the base folder in the Table Settings tab of the ZotFile preferences?

Thank you. There are about 30 files, so I am looking for a handy solution. I installed zotfile, specified the Base folder and ticked the "Use zotfile to send and get files from tablet" box in the zotf

If you're going to do this a lot, install the zotfile add-on (www.zotfile.com) and use the "send to tablet" function.

I also use zotfile and recently renamed some attachments, but I don't know if this was before or after the problem started.

I think I'm having similar problems as @andrewgangan: I have Zotfile set up to rename PDFs linked in Zotero to a Custom Location on my computer, but every time Zotfile "renames" the file, it actually

You should use zotfile to automatically move saved items to Dropbox to simplify your workflow. The ability of Zotero to auto-download PDFs is one of the nice ways it saves you time, it'd be too bad to

I understand now that I basically have two ways to process a download via Zotfile--either download/extract metadata with Zotero and rename attachment, or add the metadata to Zotero, download the PDF,

@NeleMV There is not currently a way to get Zotfile to automatically append a suffix to attachments of different types (it will for multiple attachments of the same type, though). You can manually cha

I'm also interested in the question posed by NeleMV. Whats the process for attaching multiple attachments to a citation? I guess we could get Zotfile to only rename .pdf's which would preserve a uniqu

I am using zotfile to rename and move attachments and changed the preferences such that I get links in my zotero interface (as I store the pdf files in a dropbox folder). Now sometimes I want to attac