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--- preferences:advanced [2018/04/10 14:04] – [Files and Folders] dstillman
+++ preferences:advanced [2020/06/05 23:22] – [Files and Folders] dstillman
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+=== Miscellaneous ===
+  * **Automatically check for updated translators:** Allow Zotero to automatically update its translators (for detecting and saving bibliographic data from different websites) and citation styles. You manually check for updates immediately by clicking the "Update now" button.
+  * **Report broken site translators:** Allow Zotero to notify its developers when a translator fails to save an item. This information is submitted anonymously.
 === Language ===
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 //If you store attached files in Zotero — the default — this setting does not affect you. It only applies to //linked// files.//
-This setting allows you to specify a base directory for linked files, so that links are functional on two computers with different directory structures (e.g., when a folder with linked files is synced through a service like Dropbox). For example, if the folder with your linked files is at ''/home/laptop/sync'' on your laptop and at ''/home/work/sync'' on your work computer, set those paths as the base directory on each respective machine. Zotero then only stores the links relative to that base directory, so the same "relative" links work on both computers.
+This setting allows you to access linked files on multiple computers even when they're stored in different locations on each computer. You should set the base directory to the folder on each computer under which you store linked files. For example, if the folder with your linked files is at ''/Users/Sarah/Dropbox'' on your laptop and at ''C:\Users\Sarah\Dropbox'' on your work computer, set those paths as the base directory on each respective machine. If you add a linked file within the base directory, Zotero stores a relative path to that base directory rather than an absolute path.
+If you're using the [[http://zotfile.com/|ZotFile plugin]] to help with a linked-file workflow, you should configure it to store linked files within the base directory you've configured.
 === Data Directory Location ===
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 == Unsafe Data Directory Locations ==
-There are several data directory locations that are potentially unsafe and **likely to lead to database corruption or even data loss**. If you use any of these setups, be sure to [[zotero_data|back up]] your Zotero data frequently.
+There are several data directory locations that are potentially unsafe and **likely to lead to database corruption or even data loss**. If you use any of these setups, be sure to [[:zotero_data|back up]] your Zotero data frequently.
   * **Cloud-syncing folders**: Storing your Zotero data directory in a cloud-syncing folder (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive, or other similar folder synchronization services) is extremely unsafe and will almost certainly lead to database corruption and potentially data loss. The forums contain [[http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/13359/|several]] [[http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/27900/synching-to-dropbox/|threads]] [[http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/6128/dropbox-and-zotero-15-case-conflicts/|about]] [[http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/24593/backing-up-a-large-database-without-corrupting-it/|the problems]] that users have faced with Dropbox- or Google Drive-based setups. See [[https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions|Alternative Syncing Solutions]] for potential safe methods of using cloud-syncing services to sync Zotero attachment files.