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| ===== Can I store my data directory in a cloud storage folder? ===== | ====== Can I store my Zotero data directory in a cloud storage folder? ====== |
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| Storing your [[:zotero_data|Zotero data directory]] in a cloud storage folder (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc) is extremely likely to corrupt your database and shouldn't be done. The same applies to essentially any database-backed program. | Storing your [[:zotero_data|Zotero data directory]] in a cloud storage folder (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc) is extremely likely to corrupt your database and shouldn't be done. The same applies to essentially any database-backed program. |
| The safe way to access Zotero data across multiple computers is to keep your data directory in the default location and use [[:sync|Zotero Sync]]. For ways to safely use external cloud storage without jeopardizing your data, see [[:sync#alternative_syncing_solutions|Alternative Syncing Solutions]]. | The safe way to access Zotero data across multiple computers is to keep your data directory in the default location and use [[:sync|Zotero Sync]]. For ways to safely use external cloud storage without jeopardizing your data, see [[:sync#alternative_syncing_solutions|Alternative Syncing Solutions]]. |
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| (Technically, there's one exception to the above: if you only ever use Zotero on one computer and never even set up another instance of Zotero to point to the same cloud storage folder, storing your data directory in cloud storage should be relatively safe. However, people do occasionally encounter weird problems resulting from cloud storage folders not behaving like normal filesystem folders. And, of course, if you ever accidentally point Zotero at the same cloud storage folder in the future, you're likely to corrupt the database at that time.) | (Technically, there's one exception to the above: if you only ever use Zotero on one computer and never even set up another instance of Zotero to point to the same cloud storage folder, storing your data directory in cloud storage should be relatively safe. However, people do occasionally encounter weird problems resulting from cloud storage folders not behaving like normal filesystem folders. And, of course, if you ever accidentally point another copy of Zotero at the same cloud storage folder in the future, you're likely to corrupt the database at that time.) |
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