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| kb:mendeley_import [2018/11/20 02:10] – [Preserving Mendeley Annotations and Highlights] dstillman | kb:mendeley_import [2018/11/20 02:13] – [Preserving Mendeley Annotations and Highlights] dstillman |
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| - Close Mendeley | - Close Mendeley |
| - Make a backup of your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]], including the ''Downloaded'' folder that holds your PDF files (and other locations on your computer where you have PDF files you wish to save Mendeley annotations to) | - Make a backup of your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]], including the ''Downloaded'' folder that holds your PDF files (and other locations on your computer where you have PDF files you wish to save Mendeley annotations to) |
| - Download and unzip the mextract2pdf script from [[https://github.com/cycomanic/Menextract2pdf/archive/master.zip|here]] | - Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https://github.com/cycomanic/Menextract2pdf/archive/master.zip|here]] |
| - Open Terminal, navigate to the unzipped Mextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): | - Open Terminal, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): |
| * <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.sh "/Path/To/Mendeley/Data Folder/" "/Path/To/Mendeley/PDF/Folder/"</code> | * <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.sh "/Path/To/Mendeley/Data Folder/" "/Path/To/Mendeley/PDF/Folder/"</code> |
| - For example, on macOS, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|default location]] and your PDFs stored in Mendeley's "Downloaded" folder, you would enter: | - For example, on macOS, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|default location]] and your PDFs stored in Mendeley's "Downloaded" folder, you would enter: |
| - Close Mendeley | - Close Mendeley |
| - Make a backup of your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]], including the ''Downloaded'' folder that holds your PDF files (and other locations on your computer where you have PDF files you wish to save Mendeley annotations to) | - Make a backup of your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]], including the ''Downloaded'' folder that holds your PDF files (and other locations on your computer where you have PDF files you wish to save Mendeley annotations to) |
| - Download and unzip the Mextract2pdf script from [[https://github.com/bwiernik/Menextract2pdf/archive/master.zip|here]] | - Download and unzip the menextract2pdf script from [[https://github.com/cycomanic/Menextract2pdf/archive/master.zip|here]] |
| - Open Command Prompt, navigate to the unzipped Mextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): | - Open Command Prompt, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf folder, and run the following command (filling in the correct file paths): |
| * <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.bat "C:\Path\To\Mendeley\Data Folder\" "C:\Path\To\Mendeley\PDF\Folder\"</code> | * <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.bat "C:\Path\To\Mendeley\Data Folder\" "C:\Path\To\Mendeley\PDF\Folder\"</code> |
| - For example, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|default location]] and your PDFs stored in Mendeley's "Downloaded" folder, you would enter: | - For example, if you have your Mendeley database in the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|default location]] and your PDFs stored in Mendeley's "Downloaded" folder, you would enter: |
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