On Aug 25, 2011, at 11:20, Greg Martin wrote:
> Okay, it's working now. I did two things, either one of which might have
> fixed the problem:
> * Copied the PDF files first and then the bookmarks (.plist) second;
> * Copied both Skim .plist files, not just the bookmarks.
> All is well now ... sorry to take your time.
>
It's the first one, the general .plist pref file does not contain any
information relevant to bookmarks.
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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