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The most reliable way to move your entire library to another computer is to copy the [[: | The most reliable way to move your entire library to another computer is to copy the [[: | ||
- | To locate your Zotero data, open the Zotero | + | To locate your Zotero data, open the [[: |
See [[: | See [[: | ||
Be sure to close Zotero on both machines before copying the Zotero files. If you've already opened Zotero on the new computer, there will already be a Zotero data directory with an empty database, and you should delete the whole data directory before copying the new directory to the same location. | Be sure to close Zotero on both machines before copying the Zotero files. If you've already opened Zotero on the new computer, there will already be a Zotero data directory with an empty database, and you should delete the whole data directory before copying the new directory to the same location. | ||
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- | In addition to the above method, you can also [[kb: | ||
==Option B: Enable Zotero Sync== | ==Option B: Enable Zotero Sync== | ||
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==Warning== | ==Warning== | ||
- | Exporting and importing your library (for instance via Zotero RDF) is not a recommended option. None of the available export formats allow for a complete transfer of your library data, and this will break connections with any existing word processor documents. | + | Exporting and importing your library (for instance via Zotero RDF) is not a recommended option. None of the available export formats allow for a complete transfer of your library data, reimporting |
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