On Jan 7, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 7, 2013, at 3:28, Dr. Adam M. Goldstein PhD MSLIS wrote:
>
>> On Dec 11, 2012, at 5:17 AM, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I followed the steps above, or at least, tried my best. It didn't work. The
>> papers remained linked to the directory called Papers-1 wherever I moved it.
>
> In the above I assumed they were linked in the (old) Papers. Not some other
> place like Papers-1. If they link there, they won't be relinked to some old
> location, and there's no way to tell them to. So you need to move the folder
> where they are linked to back to the (old) location first. Or you start the
> whole thing from Papers-1.
>
>> This, even after I deleted the preferences file, selected and re-selected
>> Papers.
>
> Preferences, again, are completely irrelevant for this. that is *only* for
> auto-filing (looking up is not filing).
>
>> I created a disk image and put the Papers-1 directory on it, and then
>> ejected it, so it could no longer be found. Now none of the PDF's will link
>> to any folder, including Papers-1, no matter where I move it.
>>
>
> Putting papers on an external volume is dangerous. You cannot just move them
> there from outside BibDesk, because then BibDesk will loose them. This is
> because the files won't be moved, but rather they're copied (you can't move
> between disks, only copy). And then both the file identity and the (absolute
> and relative) path changes, which means all links are severed. The only way
> you can do this is if you move *both* the files and the .bib file at the same
> time (with BibDesk not opening the .bib file), so that the relative paths
> remain the same.
>
> It is not completely clear where your setup stands at this point. I hope you
> have a backup (that works), otherwise you may not be able to get the links
> back.
>
> HTH
Unfortunately, I think I have mangled things so badly that I am going to have
to reattach all the files by hand. I will take a look at the Applescripting
possibilities. The PDF's are named using the cite keys as a basis, so it will
be pretty easy to connect the PDF with the record.
I suppose I couldn't just leave well enough alone!
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