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** If you’ve already upgraded to 1.19 and have an automatic backup of your Mendeley SQLite database in the Mendeley data directory:** | ** If you’ve already upgraded to 1.19 and have an automatic backup of your Mendeley SQLite database in the Mendeley data directory:** |
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Locate your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]] and look for a backupSlot1 (or higher) folder. If you see a database in the form %%<email>@www.mendeley.com.sqlite%% within one of the backup directories, copy it into the data directory one level up. Then start the import in Zotero by going to File → “Import…”, choosing the “Mendeley” option, and selecting that database. | Locate your [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18153/|Mendeley data directory]] and look for a backupSlot1 (or higher) folder. If you see a database in the form %%<email>@www.mendeley.com.sqlite%% within one of the backup directories, copy it into the data directory one level up. Then start the import in Zotero by going to File → “Import…”, choosing the “Mendeley” option, and selecting that database. |
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If the backupSlot//N// folder contains an .sqlite filename with a long string of random characters, the backup has already been overwritten by the encrypted database. Check another backupSlot folder or use one of the methods below. | If the backupSlot//N// folder contains an .sqlite filename with a long string of random characters, the backup has already been overwritten by the encrypted database. Check another backupSlot folder or use one of the methods below. |
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- Make sure you've synced all data and — if you want to avoid reassociating files manually — files to Elsevier's servers. | - Make sure you've synced all data and — if you want to avoid reassociating files manually — files to Elsevier's servers. |
- Move your database out of the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22098/kw/database/supporthub/mendeley/|Mendeley data directory]] to a temporary location. | - Move your database out of the [[https://service.elsevier.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18153/|Mendeley data directory]] to a temporary location. |
- Download Mendeley 1.18. | - Download Mendeley 1.18. |
- Perform a fresh sync to pull down your Mendeley data from the Elsevier servers. | - Perform a fresh sync to pull down your Mendeley data from the Elsevier servers. |
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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/18153/|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 menextract2pdf 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 Menextract2pdf 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/18153/|default location]] and your PDFs stored in Mendeley's "Downloaded" folder, you would enter: |
* <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.sh "/Users/"Your Name"/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop" "/Users/"Your Name"/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/"</code> | * <code>menextract2pdf_overwrite.sh "/Users/"Your Name"/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop" "/Users/"Your Name"/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/"</code> |
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- Install [[https://www.python.org/downloads/|Python]] | - Install [[https://www.python.org/downloads/|Python]] |
- 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/18153/|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 menextract2pdf 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 Command Prompt, navigate to the unzipped Menextract2pdf 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): |