Mendeley downloaded files directory

Although it took a few steps to get here, the good news is that moving all your data in Papers is the easy part! Simply drag and drop that file into Papers and your reference metadata will begin to populate. Next, open the folder that holds all the PDFs you export and drag those into Papers.

During the PDF transfer, the files will import first. Then Papers will begin resolving each PDF individually so if the metadata does not immediately appear please allow time to sync. Once it has deduplicated any files it will then begin looking for the metadata on the remaining articles and auto-resolve the metadata. Do I need to do both steps — first export a. Yes, a. Using the. Will transferring a. Sync currently only works one way and is enabled for Zotero and Citeulike, but if you know of a service that you would like to sync with, let us know.

How do you get documents into Mendeley? Have I missed anything? From the file menu, add document manually, paste in the doi and hit the magnifying glass icon to have Mendeley look up the article. And of course number 9 is the easiest way — when someone adds an article for you through a Mendeley group. This is great!

Carl — Great additions. I read this article specifically to check if there was a way to do this. Roberto, I would suggest the following setup for the case of shared computers. Each person using the shared computers should register for their own account at Mendeley. This way the full functionality of Mendeley will be available to you, as opposed to just the PDFs, as with Dropbox. Rory, there is an easier way. I recommend using a folder name such as DocumentsMendeley as the destination for copied files.

Next, go to the Watched Folders tab and pick the folder into which your PDFs are downloaded I use desktopMendeley Watch but you can make it whatever you want.

If you later move or delete the PDF, the link will break. It is important to move your PDFs to where you plan to store them before adding them to Mendeley. You can choose to have the files automatically placed in subfolders based on such characteristics as author name and to automatically rename PDFs with a standard name structure. If you do not already have a good file organization system on your computer, this may be helpful! Problem solved…but anyway weird and no idea why… But altogether it was easy and helped a lot…thanks for the code!

If any of the other settings were altered for this databse file you need to provide this information as well. I solved the passphrase problem by using the database file www. Before I used a copy of it on my desktop and had only user rights and this did not work therefore perhaps a problem with user rights in windows? But just a guess. I have the same problem with password as Peter.

The problem is, I do try to open the sqlite file from its original location. I have the same problem as Monika. I am trying to open the sqlite file from its original location. I have admin rights as well. Still I get the box to enter the passphrase. Cannot open the mendeley sqlite database. Any help appreciated. I have the same problem as the passphrase, also there is no option to open it with administrator rights.

Do you eber run inmto anny browser comatibility issues? A few off my blog readers have complained about my website nott working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Opera. Do you have any recommendations to help fix tis issue? This guide assumes that all the literature files are stored inside one folder 1.