On Aug 25, 2011, at 11:11, Greg Martin wrote:
> The path is exactly the same (except for the computer name). I don't think in
> general that aliases copy well from one computer to another.
In general they are, I've never had problems with copying alias files to new
computers.
But anyway, after the fact there is not much you can do if they don't work,
I've no idea how aliases are structured. If you have your old computer you may
be able to write an applescript to move the paths and other data to some
portable format (e.g. XML) and using another applescript import new bookmarks
from that data to your new computer.
Christiaan
>
>> From: Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] migrating to new computer
>> Date: August 23, 2011 2:17:27 AM PDT
>> To: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: For general discussion about using Skim
>> <[email protected]>
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2011, at 6:14, Greg Martin wrote:
>>
>>> I've had Skim for a while and have built up a very convenient collection of
>>> bookmarks. I now have a new computer and have copied all of the relevant
>>> PDF files to it; now I am hoping that I can move the bookmarks over without
>>> having to redo them all.
>>>
>>> I manually copied the .plist file over, and the bookmarks all appear in the
>>> Skim menu - but they're no longer attached to the PDF files on the new
>>> computer. Can anybody suggest a way to make this work painlessly? Thanks.
>>
>> The bookmarks are aliases. I would expect that if you maintain the same
>> absolute path to the files it should still work (alias files would still
>> work, right?) Did you change the directory structure, e.g. the folder where
>> you put them or the name of your user folder?
>>
>> Christiaan
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