For files zotfile discovers in its watched folder: Is it possible to configure zotfile, so that it does not add the file to the selected item but to create a new entry? (To make it perfect..)

Confused: In the General Settings tab of the ZotFile preferences (not the Zotero preferences!), at the top, there is an option: "Source folder for Attaching New Files".

Oh, OK, so what do you have at the top of the ZotFile preferences in the general tab? (and why do you want to use the source folder at all? Asking because most people seem to misunderstand what it doe

You'd have to say more specifically what you're doing -- there are various folder settings in ZotFile, none of them refer to a default directory, so I can't say what's going on.

need to do this in the first place when you have ZotFile).

that has changed this time is that I installed zotfile, so I also have a zotfile folder for all the renamed pdfs...

Have a look at ZotFile -- www.zotfile.com -- it can automate a lot of what you're currently doing. Most importantly, as you're importing articles from Sciencedirect and similar databases, it will redu

Very recently I changed my computer and took the chance to move my Zotero library to dropbox so I could also use Zotfile+iPad. The thing is that since I did it, when I download a reference, the pdf se

I suspect this is because dropbox had deleted all the pdf files in my zotero dropbox library, because they had been removed on my Mac when zotfile moved the files from dropbox to zotero as a precursor

From zotfile.com under "installing Zotfile" Now start Zotero Standalone, and go to ‘Tools->Add-ons->Tools for all Add-ons (the small,drop-down wheel in the top right corner)->Install Add-on From File’

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I am at http://zotfile.com/

Thanks for pointing this out. I'lle keep an eye open. I actually use ZotFile, but rely on the Zotero Storage directory for snapshots etc.

a) Reverse the location of files. For that, Set File Location in the General Tab of ZotFile from "Custom" back to "Store in Zotero". Then select all of your items in Zotero --> Manage Attachments -->

If you want to sync your files using OneDrive there are save ways to do this (e.g. symlinking or using linked files via ZotFile and relative paths).

Hi, I am using Zotero Firefox on Windows Mac and, hopefully, iPAD. Currently I am storing my pdfs as attachments on dropbox using Zotfile.

1) Joscha is the developer of ZotFile, not Zotero. Your question is about Zotero.

Everything else didn't make a difference (changing the Zotfile settings to store the attachment with the entry, uninstalling zutilo and zotfile, restoring absolute paths under zotero and emptying the

in my OneDrive folder with the help of Zotfile. Nothing happened. So I tried the same with Zutilo. Nothing happened.

ZotFile set to "Store Copy of Files" under "Location of Files" in the general tab of the preferences should do the trick.