What are /r/zotero's favorite Products & Services?

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Downloading the standard zotero from https://www.zotero.org/download/ and running this one instead of the one installed through snap did the trick. For some reason the zotero installed through snap fails as explained on this post.

So Zotero 5.0.97-beta* is the dev version of Zotero. It's the version that hasn't been released yet, but will be in the future.

Future versions of Zotero can change your database so that it isn't compatible with past versions.

1. Consider posting on the forum. The devs are super nice from what I've seen.
2. Make sure Zotero is off.
3. Back up your Zotero folder (copy it to a different location).
4. Don't touch the backup! Keep it safe!
5. Inspect your current Zotero folder and see if it has a backup of your database. Normally that's zotero.sqlite.bak but there could also be zotero.sqlite.[some number].bak.
6. If it has a backup, rename zotero.sqlite to zotero.sqlite.old and one of the backups to zotero.sqlite.
7. Try to launch Zotero again.
8. If it works, you're golden.
9. If it doesn't work, I'd go onto the Zotero forums and ask there. The devs are active and super friendly!
10. Or, you could try to install the development build and see if that one can load your database.
11. If it can't, go to the forum.

To be blunt it sounds to me like you somehow accidentally upgraded to beta, then downgraded, so your database now can't be read by the current Zotero. No clue how it could have happened without you knowing though.

Do you mean Saved Searches? In the Advanced Search window you can create a search based on almost any attribute (e.g. all items of type Journal Article that were added in the last week), and these show up as "smart" collections in the collections pane on the left.

See the "Saved Searches" info under "Advanced Searches" here: https://www.zotero.org/support/searching

Personally, I wish you could organize these smart collections into subcollections, but that's just a fun new feature idea :)

Of course! I'll paste my answer from another subreddit.

For your workflow, you change "Drive" with "Dropbox" and Autosync for "Google Drive" with "Dropsync" in the steps. It's the same thing for all clouds.

ZotFile plug-in enables sending and getting PDFs with their annotations from different platforms like different computers, tablet, phone etc.

1) After installing ZotFile to Zotero, I created a folder in my Drive for ZotFile (it should also be synced by Autosync) and I made it my "source folder for attaching new files" in ZotFile preferences.

2) I connected that folder to Zoo for Zotero as well.

3) At my computer, I sent my articles to the tablet through "send to tablet" option (under right-click --> manage attachments). Now I can open Zoo for Zotero on my tablet, open a PDF with the PDF reader, make highlights, take notes.

4) When I close the PDF on the tablet, Zoo asks permission to upload it. Then I go to Zotero, I click the sync with Zotero button and they sync instantly.

It looks like so much to do when it's written but after you connect ZotFile and Google Drive, there is nothing much left.

You can look for the details of ZotFile from this page: https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions

I am not sure how good you are at writing a little code but you can modify any style to fit your needs: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

Much more stable than the bookmarklet is just to create your own share sheet action using the Shortcuts App. Use the "open URL in (Chrome/Safari)", and this line alone basically solves the issue for you:

<code>https://www.zotero.org/save?q=</code>[shortcut input]

https://www.zotero.org/support/sync

Zotero has a Storage folder with all the pdfs inside. Any method to sync this across machines will work - webdav or a sync client/program. Same for the Styles folder. I have 4 machines synced like this. The important thing is to let Zotero sync the database itself. For this, Preferences/Sync > deselect both File Syncing options that refer to attachments since you are going to do this via your own method. Under Preferences/Advance/Files and Folders, the location of this Zotero folder that contains Storage can be defined on each machine.

I just checked out zotfile which looks pretty useful. The syncing is from PC to mobile device via a sync program like Dropbox to send pdf to tablet/phone. The sync method I describe above allows me to mirror all 2252 pdfs across all machines automatically, so is a slightly different case.

Zotfile also allows renaming of file based on metadata - this is possible already in Zotero by right clicking the pdf in the interface and selecting the "rename file from parent metadata" command, but zotfile provides more naming options.

It'd probably be quicker and easier to start using your own WebDAV cloud storage instead.

Here's a list of WebDAV services known to work with Zotero; it shouldn't take too long to find one that suits you. Then take a look at the syncing instructions to configure Zotero, and you should be all set.

The "add item by identifier" box supports entering multiple identifiers at once. You should be able to copy-paste your word document (or at least large chunks of it) into the box.

Thank you you were right i was displaying the field codes!! It somehow got checked off after me not.using it for months.

Here it is in case anyone needs: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/word_field_codes

If you still have all the data then you should be able to locate the Zotero folder and copy it to the new installation. On this documentation page you can find the location of the folder based on your version and OS.

I use zotero on my entreprise laptop, and I am not allowed to sync anything with the internet, nor to use the Zotero cloud servers.
I just copy the library on my android phone and use ZotEZ2 (in Local mode) on android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ezbio.zotez2 to be able to read my papers during commute time.