Thanks for this post, really saved my naming format, which I implemented for years using ZotFile before the update! I actually installed Attanger just to find that it only uses the in-built renaming o

so they can write on them. We were able to use Zotfile to switch their primary storage from Zotero to Google Drive via their laptop. However, we cannot seem to access the PDFs from the Zotero app on

Zotfile did not migrate across to Zotero 7. But the annotations are now handled by the Zotero PDF reader so you do not need it for that.

thanks for evoking zotfile in your article, I will install it again.

Were you using Zotfile for that ? If so, it no longer works in Zotero v7 but the Zotmoov or Attanger plugins replace most of its functionality. As Zotero enhanced its file renaming for v7, those plugi

If my memory serves me right ZotFile would copy the PDF to a sub-directory the same name as the sub-collection. I can't seem to get this to work. I suspect wildcards are required but I can't find any

You'll need a replacement for ZotFile. Most people use ZotMoov but there is also attanger (for "Zotero attachment Manager"). Functionality should be the same.

Howdy all. Switched to Zotero 7 and am struggling a bit with the absence of Zotfile.

Note that linked PDF files don't work with the Zotero mobile apps (nor Zotero Groups nor the web library). There are workarounds for mobile app use via Zotmoov's custom menus (similar to Zotfile's old

web connector (those plugins replicate what Zotfile used to do). You set a 'Move To' folder for that - that would be your PDFs folder.

Zotmoov replicates Zotfile's old send/get from tablet (or other device) via its custom menus.

best method of doing this? Historically I used ZotFile to send PDFs to a directory and inserted comments and highlights in the PDFs directly, then sucked the annotations back into the library. ZotFil

@hoppek in Zotmoov you specify a permanent 'move to' folder, the same as Zotfile's Custom Location folder. There is no need to specify a folder every time the Zotero connector downloads a PDF.

I don't use ZotMoov, so others would have to say, but my understanding is that the file move functionality is equivalent to ZotFile. Zotero has much more advanced renaming options now, so those should

Do you know if there is a way to change ZotMoov settings for naming and placing files in a directory? I had been using ZotFile and it's disappointing to see this isn't supported in the new version of

was the creator and long-term developer of ZotFile, that many people here may have used.

Yeah, those are indeed contradictory settings. You have your files moved and linked (by ZotFile, presumably) to a location outside of the Zotero data directory. You may well have them synced from ther

As noted above, Zotmoov and Attanger both do this, replacing ZotFile in that way, but you also seem somewhat confused about file storage in Zotero: if you're using WebDAV, you want your files in the Z

Thank you for your comments. I now understand the new file designation. A useful feature in Zotfile was the ability to move (linked) files to an external (cloud) drive when attachments were added. Thi

Zotfile does not support Zotero v7+. And since Zotero enhanced its attachment file renaming scheme in v7, the plugins that have replaced Zotfile's linked file operations (Zotmoov or Attanger) leave re