Comments on: Easy sync Zotero with Dropbox

By: fcp

fcp — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:03:39 +0000

Note that using Dropbox on your Zotero directory is very likely to corrupt your Zotero database. Zotero does now offer file syncing, and while it is possible to set it up to sync your files Dropbox should never be used to sync your database.

By: Ovande Furtado

Ovande Furtado — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:06:10 +0000

The answer to the question is “NO”. When I am make any changes on the pdfs on the win side, it does not update on my mac os x.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:19:57 +0000

Hi Karwan,

I’m guessing that what you’re suggesting is installing Zotero onto Firefox in all three operating systems, and then having a single Dropbox folder to work as the Zotero library location. I’m not sure if that would work, as it would depend greatly on how Firefox is written to work on each OS. Give it a try and let us know!

By: Karwan

Karwan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:40:48 +0000

I agree with Bill. And will explain his comment.
For example:
If you have Linux on your home desktop.
Mac OS X on your Laptop.
Windows at work.

In that case (my case) you can’t easily run a portable app made for windows.

I use dropbox, as well as zotero, and would love to access my pdf’s from all three systems.

The second question would be, since I have created an extensive zotero library including many pdf’s, will zotero move those files/remember them if I change the directory where it is supposed to safe those files?

Tnx

By: Esmail

Esmail — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:36:39 +0000

(Bill) Can you explain your comment?

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:30:17 +0000

you will fail on the OS other than MS Windows

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:34:36 +0000

Hi Maia! I have not tried Archivd, but it looks like a cool collaborative tool for annotating webpages. Zotero is doing something similar with shared libraries, so I think it will be interesting to see how these tools develop!

By: Maia

Maia — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:25:46 +0000

Have you checked out Archivd? It stores complete web pages online, so you can access them from anywhere and don't have to worry about syncing.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:17:03 +0000

Hi Derik,

If you’re talking about using regular Firefox, then yeah, that will work too (I just tried it to make sure). I opened my desktop installation of Firefox, went under Preferences, then Advanced, and changed the Zotero library’s storage location to …\My Documents\My Dropbox\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile\zotero . So now my desktop version of Firefox will work with the same library as my portable version. You can also just designate a single folder in Dropbox as the storage location, so that multiple computers (and multiple versions of regular Firefox) can share a single Zotero library.

I mainly use Firefox Portable in Dropbox because that way I have all my bookmarks, add-ons, and settings in one place, and I don’t have to make changes on three separate computers (work, home, and laptop). All in the name of time-saving, I suppose.

Thanks for clearing that up!!!

By: DerikB

DerikB — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:57:27 +0000

Is there a reason to not just change the location of your Zotero directory to a folder in Dropbox (using the preference in Zotero itself)?