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- | ===How can I move my Zotero library to a different computer? | + | ====== How can I move my Zotero library to a different computer? |
- | ==Option A: Copy the Library Folder== | + | ===== Option A: Use Zotero Sync ===== |
- | The most reliable | + | The easiest |
- | To locate | + | You'll need enough online storage space to fit all files in your library. |
- | On a Mac: \\ | + | ===== Option B: Copy the data folder ===== |
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- | On Linux: \\ | + | If you're comfortable moving files between devices, you can transfer your library by copying the [[: |
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- | On Windows 2000/XP: \\ | + | To move your data manually, first locate your data by opening the [[:preferences|Zotero preferences]], |
- | '' | + | See [[: |
- | On Windows Vista/7: \\ | + | 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 folder with an empty database, and you should delete the whole data folder before copying the new folder to the same location. |
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- | Be sure to close Firefox on both machines before copying the Zotero files. | + | ===== Don't Use Export/ |
- | In addition to the above method, you can also [[kb: | + | 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 will break connections with any existing word processor documents, and if you use syncing later you will end up with duplicates of any imported items. |
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- | ==Option B: Enable Zotero Sync== | + | |
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- | Users of Zotero 2.0 are able to automatically [[/ | + | |
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- | ==Warning== | + | |
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- | 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. | + | |
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