but ZotFile wouldn't help to re-fetch metadata for already attached PDFs. While we are planning to add support for refetching metadata e.g. from a title or a DOI, I don't think we'll add this for gett

You may want to have a look at ZotFile ( http://zotfile.com/ ) for more functionalities with Zotero and PDFs.

A lot of people use ZotFile to help with using linked files.

An alternative method that is nearly as fast is to use the Zotfile plugin. With this plugin, you can tell Zotero to watch a particular folder for new items to attached. When you want to save a pdf to

I have been successfully using zotfile to place files in a folder that is backed up to the cloud and that I access from my tablet. However, I want to switch to a different cloud service, and need to p

about it. I'm not sure if this is related to Zotfile or something else entirely.

(this needs to get fixed in ZotFile--when installed in standalone that option should just be disabled).

(though, I believe, not linked--unless you let Zotfile move them).

That's covered in the project page.

How does Zotfile automatic renaming work? Does Zotfile rename *every* attachment in your library (whether linked or stored)?

What would be the advantages / disadvantages of this approach? Does Zotfile do something like this automatically, or just move the files?

That error is associated with the Zotfile plugin, not Zotero per se, so there is no risk to your database. It has to do with Zotfile's feature where the most recently downloaded pdf can be attached an

annotations into the references manager (which ZotFile does in a similar way, but Mendeley arguably does more smoothly).

ZotFile can rename attachments using a standard template. It won't apply item-specific citation rules, but you can configure it to approximate the Bluebook citation form for your most common category

Does Zotfile do this?

You are right about linked and imported attachments. Zotfile can change attachments from linked to imported (apparently what you want to do) but zotero does not allow you to organize imported attachme

In any case, suppose I have a lot of entries in Zotero with pointers to pdf's in various places, not in Zotero's own storage area. How can I make zotfile import the pdf's into Zotero's own storage a

Zotfile has nothing to do with importing references from another reference manager. So from that perspective, no. Zotfile only does the "rename, and organize" part. If you have linked attachments in z

Is there a way with zotfile to select all references imported to zotero and import, rename and organize the associated pdf's? Supposing I get the renaming and organization wrong the first time arou

It's a ZotFile error message and it won't actually cause any problems for you.