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===== Backing Up Your Zotero Library ===== | ===== Backing Up Your Zotero Library ===== | ||
- | We strongly recommend that you regularly back up your Zotero | + | We strongly recommend that you regularly back up your Zotero |
- | Rather than backing up just your Zotero | + | Rather than backing up just your Zotero |
If you want to back up your Zotero data specifically, | If you want to back up your Zotero data specifically, | ||
- | **Warning**: | + | **Warning**: |
For step-by-step, | For step-by-step, | ||
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==== Restoring from the last automatic backup ==== | ==== Restoring from the last automatic backup ==== | ||
- | If you make a critical mistake while using Zotero — for example, if you accidentally delete a large set of items — you may be able to revert to the last automatic backup. | + | If you make a critical mistake while using Zotero — for example, if you accidentally delete a large set of items — you may be able to revert to the last automatic backup. Note that automatic backups contain only data, not files. |
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- | If you're using [[sync|syncing]] but don't have auto-sync enabled, first check your online library on zotero.org to see if the data is correct there. If so, close Zotero, go to your Zotero data directory, and rename it (e.g., to " | + | |
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- | If you don't want to do a full sync or if the changes have already synced to the online library, follow these steps to restore from an automatic backup. Note that automatic backups contain only data, not files. | + | |
- First, make sure to keep Zotero running, as the automatic backup might be overwritten when you quit the application. | - First, make sure to keep Zotero running, as the automatic backup might be overwritten when you quit the application. | ||
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- [[zotero_data# | - [[zotero_data# | ||
- Close Zotero. In your data directory, rename zotero.sqlite to zotero.sqlite.old, | - Close Zotero. In your data directory, rename zotero.sqlite to zotero.sqlite.old, | ||
- | - Were you to sync again now, the more recent data in the online library | + | - If you were using syncing and the undesired changes were already synced, syncing now would cause the more recent data in the online library |
- If you're trying to restore a small number of deleted items or notes, you can simply duplicate the items — by right-clicking and choosing " | - If you're trying to restore a small number of deleted items or notes, you can simply duplicate the items — by right-clicking and choosing " | ||
- If you're trying to restore deleted collections, | - If you're trying to restore deleted collections, | ||
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Bear in mind that word processor documents used with later Zotero versions may not be usable with earlier versions, and Zotero developers and community members will provide only limited support for earlier versions (mostly to recommend upgrading to the current version). | Bear in mind that word processor documents used with later Zotero versions may not be usable with earlier versions, and Zotero developers and community members will provide only limited support for earlier versions (mostly to recommend upgrading to the current version). | ||
- | ===== Troubleshooting Zotero Data issues ===== | ||
- | ==== Where did my items go? ==== | + | ===== Locating Missing Zotero Data ===== |
If you open Zotero to find your library blank or missing lots of data, don't panic. Data is never removed unless you delete it, so Zotero is most likely looking at a different database from the one you were using previously. You need to make sure that Zotero is looking in the right location for your Zotero files and that the right files are in that spot. | If you open Zotero to find your library blank or missing lots of data, don't panic. Data is never removed unless you delete it, so Zotero is most likely looking at a different database from the one you were using previously. You need to make sure that Zotero is looking in the right location for your Zotero files and that the right files are in that spot. |