I have now disable ZotFile which I previously used for naming files in the desired format, so

when I wrote the system info above, I unfortunately forgot to mention that I had installed and enabled Zotfile (immediately after installing Zotero). And this seems to cause quite a number of issues d

I'm new to Zotero and I can't figure out how to extract annotations. I have the Zotfile extension enabled and I have tried to get my highlights from both Mac preview and Adobe to show but on both case

I tried to use zotfile by right click-manage attachment-rename

No, if a file is linked to that location, you added it as a linked file, possibly with the ZotFile extension. Zotero creates stored files within the Zotero data directory by default.

is to install the SingleFile extension and use Zotfile to 'attach new file' from your downloads (you'll have too add html as an option in the Zotfile preferences). The advantage of this second method

PDF and add their own comments; and you can use Zotfile to then extract the annotations into a note. In the (fairly unusual) event you both need to be working on the PDF document at the same time, yo

Used ZotFile for:

Zotero saves stored files by default. If you're getting linked files, you likely still have ZotFile installed and configured to convert new files to linked files.

Yeah, you are right! I was just accustomed to Zotfile, need to adapt to the new appearance, but I realize it doesn't makes sense. Thank you

(sorry, what I wrote above was wrong -- that applies to renaming with ZotFile, not with Zotero).

They're just linked files rather than stored files. You would've had to go out of your way to create those (either manually or with ZotFile), so it's assumed that you understand the difference. Linked

ZotFile might be able to rename stored files as well, but if you just want to change the order of the components like that, Zotero can do it. See attachmentRenameFormatString on Hidden Preferences. (W

Is it possible to use zotfile for renaming pdfs without moving and linking them outside of the database? I have been using Zotfile to rename pdfs to (author et al) - (year) - (title). Can Zotero do th

I just switched from using Zotfile with linked attachment base directory to using WebDav. Everything worked out with setting it up, and I have now synced for the first time. But on IOS it still can't

I'm also on board with this. I'm trying to get into a workflow of Highlighting/annotating on my iPad, extracting the annotations on my desktop to Markdown, then taking those Markdown annotations in Ze

I recently started using Zotfile to export pdfs to my tablet. Everything works well except for the "additional subfolders"-option. I might be doing something wrong but I haven't managed to get Zotfile

Meanwhile I made that reflexion : seems like I am projecting to use group library with link attachment through zotfile, which doesn't seems possible for technical reasons (see https://forums.zotero.or

- use a second library for a specific project with a second profile on another zotero account ; and a second mail adress ; storage on cloudservice using zotfile

I love extract annotations, but lately I've noticed that with some pdfs, if I have more than one highlight on a page, zotfile only pulls the first one. I like being able to highlight the headings in a