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Other than that the editor is very well done!
A question to those who have used Zotero: Can I opt to store everything on the local device and have zero data transferred to the server? Is there any kind of control over what is stored locally and what is sent to the servers?
After messing with the desktop version for a few minutes the note editor is weird. It doesn't modify the original pdf or the copy of the pdf it makes, the only way to get the highlights is to export it as a pdf. I expected something similar to Okular where edits would happen to the original file and update on ctrl-s. Other than that the editor is very well done!
Looks good, from whatever I have seen and read. I am going to give this a try. A question to those who have used Zotero: Can I opt to store everything on the local device and have zero data transferred to the server? Is there any kind of control over what is stored locally and what is sent to the servers?
Looks good, from whatever I have seen and read. I am going to give this a try. A question to those who have used Zotero: Can I opt to store everything on the local device and have zero data transferred to the server? Is there any kind of control over what is stored locally and what is sent to the servers?
In practice, though you shouldn't store the SQLite in a cloud sync service, setting up a symbolic link for the backing PDFs in e.g. Dropbox works quite well and gives you more control over your data syncing. Then, you only need to rely on their cloud for the paper titles and metadata.
The only thing holding me back from using Zotero is that, afaik, you need to use a Zotero account to reliably sync metadata between devices (the Zotero Data Server isn't supported). I wish it was easier to self-host; there's no reason for me to interact with their servers. It's always a disappointment to find otherwise great open source projects that have key components that deny privacy.
Hint: You can sync the library for free by making an account. You need the "Zotero Storage" only if you want to sync the files as well. However, you can simply sync the folder ~/Zotero/storage using SyncThing. You could also use WebDAV, but SyncThing is just so much easier (set up & forget). The IDs/Metadata is consistent among syncs. :) Of course, that doesn't resolve the privacy concerns, but personally idc about t…
Truly amazing! I wonder if the iOS app in development will have all these note-taking features and work on iPad. If so, Zotero completely blows all of the competition out of the water at a price you can't really beat.
One problem with this type of service is that there's usually a huge jump from unpaid to paid, but the jump to the lowest paid tier of Zotero lets you pay $20/year for 2 GB of storage. I can handle that. I have more difficulty with the $15/month and $90/year and such paid tiers. Even at $20/year, that comes to $100 after five years for what is largely a donation to support development.
I used Zotero quite a bit in the past, the thing that ultimately drove me away is that when synchronizing you couldn't easily access the PDFs just via the filesystem. I use a nextcloud and also wanted to access PDFs from devices without Zotero installed and this turned out to be a pain at the time. Is this possible with more recent Zotero versions? Is the sync still cumbersome with a zotero account + self-hosted webd…
I have a similar setup (Zotero + dropbox). Zotero syncs the entries and any notes, but dropbox takes care of the pdf storage. You can swap out dropbox for your storage of choice. I use zotfile ( http://zotfile.com ) to handle this. Files are all stored in a single folder (which can be in different locations depending on computer) which I point zotfile to. Inside that each paper is put into a folder based on author na…