I found a working template:
https://github.com/nbrewk/biblatex-apa-preview-bibdesk
> Am 15.04.2024 um 17:45 schrieb Prof. Bertolt Meyer
> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de>:
>
> Dear all,
>
> sorry for my apparent stupidity, but I still cannot get bibdesk to render a
> TeX preview of a selected reference in apa7 style (NOT „apalike“). Can
> someone who managed this please share their preview tex template with me? I’m
> running MacTex 2023.
>
> Thank you and best greetings,
> Bertolt
>
>
>
>> Am 22.06.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Alan Munn <am...@gmx.com>:
>>
>> If you're using an up-to-date biblatex, and load it with the style=apa
>> option it will format things according to the APA7 specfiications in any
>> document class. You can get APA6 by using the apa6 package option. The apa7
>> document class is for producing APA conforming manuscripts or preprints, it
>> doesn't do any formatting of the bibliography. So I'm not sure what you mean
>> by it not working with article:
>>
>> Here's a simple example:
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage[american]{babel}
>> \usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}
>> \usepackage{csquotes}
>> \addbibresource{/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa-test-references.bib}
>> \begin{document}
>> \textcite{10.15:105c}
>> \printbibliography
>> \end{document}
>>
>> Notice that if you change the style to apa6 the formatting of the entry
>> changes.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought this was the only way to get APA 7th - formatted references? Is
>> there a way to get APA 7 style to work with article? I only managed to get
>> article to work with APA 6, not 7.
>>
>>
>> Bertolt
>>
>>> Am 22.06.2023 um 15:39 schrieb am...@gmx.com:
>>>
>>> Why are you using the apa7 document class? For preview this makes very
>>> little sense. Just use article. The class has no effect on the bibliography
>>> formatting.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Sent using the mobile mail app
>>>
>>> On 6/22/23 at 09:13, Prof. Bertolt Meyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Still not working. With the .bib extension, BibDesk throws an error, so
>>>> this preview template
>>>>
>>>> \documentclass[man]{apa7}
>>>> \usepackage[american]{babel}
>>>> \usepackage{csquotes}
>>>> \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
>>>> \addbibresource{<<File>>.bib}
>>>> \pagestyle{empty}
>>>> \textwidth = 6.5in
>>>> % \voffset = -105pt
>>>> % \hoffset = -120pt
>>>>
>>>> \begin{document}
>>>> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>}
>>>> \printbibliography
>>>> \end{document}
>>>>
>>>> gives this log:
>>>>
>>>> ---------- BibTeX log file -------
>>>> File:
>>>> "/var/folders/rd/njfhjmlx6wnbvgr0wl6zvv2h0000gn/T/bibdesk.sWm61C/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg"
>>>> [0] Config.pm:307> INFO - This is Biber 2.19
>>>> [0] Config.pm:310> INFO - Logfile is 'bibpreview.blg'
>>>> [33] biber-darwin:340> INFO - === Thu Jun 22, 2023, 15:08:31
>>>> [41] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf'
>>>> [86] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0
>>>> [96] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0
>>>> [102] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for
>>>> section 0
>>>> [195] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable
>>>> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>> [195] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>> [196] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/apasortcite//global/global'
>>>> of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US'
>>>> [196] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US'
>>>> [198] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable
>>>> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>> [198] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>> [198] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of
>>>> type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US'
>>>> [198] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US'
>>>> [199] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8'
>>>> [199] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl
>>>> [199] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no
>>>> BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring
>>>> [199] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for 'Mandl_2023'
>>>> (section 0)
>>>> [199] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2
>>>>
>>>> Without the .bib, the above template results in an empty preview without
>>>> error with this log:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- BibTeX log file -------
>>>> File:
>>>> "/var/folders/rd/njfhjmlx6wnbvgr0wl6zvv2h0000gn/T/bibdesk.sWm61C/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg"
>>>> [0] Config.pm:307> INFO - This is Biber 2.19
>>>> [0] Config.pm:310> INFO - Logfile is 'bibpreview.blg'
>>>> [30] biber-darwin:340> INFO - === Thu Jun 22, 2023, 15:12:39
>>>> [37] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf'
>>>> [79] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0
>>>> [89] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0
>>>> [93] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for
>>>> section 0
>>>> [174] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>> [174] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable
>>>> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>> [174] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/apasortcite//global/global'
>>>> of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US'
>>>> [174] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US'
>>>> [177] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable
>>>> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>> [177] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>> [177] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of
>>>> type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US'
>>>> [177] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US'
>>>> [177] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8'
>>>> [177] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl
>>>> [178] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no
>>>> BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring
>>>> [178] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for
>>>> 'Mandl:2023ab' (section 0)
>>>> [178] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Am 22.06.2023 um 15:06 schrieb Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, and I don’t see you added the .bib extension to <<File>>.
>>>>>
>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 15:05, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What if you remove the biblatex from the document class option instead?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:54, Prof. Bertolt Meyer
>>>>>>> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That’s not it either. The template looks like this at the moment
>>>>>>> (resulting in an empty preview):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \documentclass[man, biblatex]{apa7}
>>>>>>> \usepackage[american]{babel}
>>>>>>> \usepackage{csquotes}
>>>>>>> % \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
>>>>>>> \addbibresource{<<File>>}
>>>>>>> \pagestyle{empty}
>>>>>>> \textwidth = 6.5in
>>>>>>> % \voffset = -105pt
>>>>>>> % \hoffset = -120pt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> \begin{document}
>>>>>>> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>}
>>>>>>> \printbibliography
>>>>>>> \end{document}
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And gives (now using the BibTeX output):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- BibTeX log file -------
>>>>>>> File:
>>>>>>> "/var/folders/rd/njfhjmlx6wnbvgr0wl6zvv2h0000gn/T/bibdesk.sWm61C/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg"
>>>>>>> [0] Config.pm:307> INFO - This is Biber 2.19
>>>>>>> [0] Config.pm:310> INFO - Logfile is 'bibpreview.blg'
>>>>>>> [30] biber-darwin:340> INFO - === Thu Jun 22, 2023, 14:50:19
>>>>>>> [38] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf'
>>>>>>> [80] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0
>>>>>>> [91] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0
>>>>>>> [96] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for
>>>>>>> section 0
>>>>>>> [184] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>>>>> 'variable = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>>>>> [184] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>>>>> [184] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list
>>>>>>> 'apa/apasortcite//global/global' of type 'entry' with template 'apa'
>>>>>>> and locale 'en-US'
>>>>>>> [184] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale
>>>>>>> 'en-US'
>>>>>>> [187] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>>>>> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized'
>>>>>>> [187] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults
>>>>>>> 'variable = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable'
>>>>>>> [187] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of
>>>>>>> type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US'
>>>>>>> [187] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale
>>>>>>> 'en-US'
>>>>>>> [187] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8'
>>>>>>> [187] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl
>>>>>>> [187] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no
>>>>>>> BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring
>>>>>>> [187] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for
>>>>>>> 'Mandl:2023ab' (section 0)
>>>>>>> [187] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 22.06.2023 um 14:45 schrieb Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps there is a problem with loading bib latex twice, once as an
>>>>>>>> option to \documentclass and once using \usepackage?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:25, Prof. Bertolt Meyer
>>>>>>>>> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hmmm, that re-introduces an error and oddly the log says this (I
>>>>>>>>> swear I only changed the one line like you suggested to include the
>>>>>>>>> .bib):
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> AED endfloat: Processing end Figures and Tables
>>>>>>>>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>>>>>>>>> <inserted text> \@shorttitle
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> l.15 \end{document}
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The control sequence at the end of the top line
>>>>>>>>> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
>>>>>>>>> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
>>>>>>>>> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
>>>>>>>>> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1{/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}{/usr/l
>>>>>>>>> ocal/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ] (./bibpreview.aux)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Package rerunfilecheck Info: File `bibpreview.out' has not changed.
>>>>>>>>> (rerunfilecheck) Checksum: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E;0.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Package biblatex Warning: Please rerun LaTeX.
>>>>>>>>> (biblatex) Page breaks have changed.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Package logreq Info: Writing requests to 'bibpreview.run.xml'.
>>>>>>>>> \openout1 = `bibpreview.run.xml'.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 22.06.2023 um 14:16 schrieb Christiaan Hofman
>>>>>>>>>> <cmhof...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think for fiber you need the full filename with extension. So
>>>>>>>>>> replace the \addbibresource command by
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> \addbibresource{<<File>>.bib}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:00, Prof. Bertolt Meyer
>>>>>>>>>>> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Alan,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks so much for your help. It now compiles without error, but
>>>>>>>>>>> the file is empty, this seems to be the relevant bit:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/latex/apa7/config/APA7american.txt
>>>>>>>>>>> File: APA7american.txt 2020/12/02 v1.02 apa7 configuration for
>>>>>>>>>>> American English
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>>>> Package caption Info: Begin \AtBeginDocument code.
>>>>>>>>>>> Package caption Info: End \AtBeginDocument code.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> LaTeX Warning: Citation 'Mandl:2023ab' undefined on input line 13.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> LaTeX Warning: Empty bibliography on input line 14.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> AED endfloat: Processing end Figures and Tables (./bibpreview.aux)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Package rerunfilecheck Info: File `bibpreview.out' has not changed.
>>>>>>>>>>> (rerunfilecheck) Checksum: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E;0.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Package biblatex Warning: Please (re)run Biber on the file:
>>>>>>>>>>> (biblatex) bibpreview
>>>>>>>>>>> (biblatex) and rerun LaTeX afterwards.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Package logreq Info: Writing requests to 'bibpreview.run.xml'.
>>>>>>>>>>> \openout1 = `bibpreview.run.xml’.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any idea how to get around this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best greetings,
>>>>>>>>>>> Bertolt
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 21.06.2023 um 23:01 schrieb am...@gmx.com:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> In the TeX preview panel of the preferences you need to use
>>>>>>>>>>>> /Library/TeX/texbin/biber instead of bibtex in the “Full path to
>>>>>>>>>>>> bibtex” part of the preference.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent using the mobile mail app
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/21/23 at 15:26, Prof. Bertolt Meyer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello fellow bibdesk users,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’m trying to get a formatted latex preview in the preview pane
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in apa7 style. However, the apa7 document class requires going
>>>>>>>>>>>>> through biblatex to do proper apa7 formatting. Here is my attempt
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a corresponding preview template (I’m running MacTex 2023):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \documentclass[man, biblatex]{apa7}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \usepackage[american]{babel}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \usepackage{csquotes}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \addbibresource{<<File>>}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \pagestyle{empty}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \textwidth = 6.5in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \voffset = -105pt
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \hoffset = -120pt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \begin{document}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>}
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \printbibliography
>>>>>>>>>>>>> \end{document}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, this throws an error in the preview log:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load bibliographic data...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'bibpreview.bbl' not found.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No file bibpreview.bbl.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any idea how to fix this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you and best greetings,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bertolt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prof. Dr. Bertolt Meyer
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Professor for Work and Organizational Psychology
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vice Dean of Student Affairs, Institute of Psychology
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Speaker of the CRC 1410 „Hybrid Societies“
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://hybrid-societies.org
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chemnitz University of Technology
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wilhelm-Raabe-Str. 43
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09120 Chemnitz
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Germany
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tel. +49 371 531 30587
>>>>>>>>>>>>> bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de
>>>>>
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