This should still be working, I don’t recall even changing anything on the feature. Does your AutoFile preference say it should file the papers in a specified location, and does this location exist? And are all relevant fields filled in the item for which you attach a PDF?
Christiaan > On 20 Jan 2023, at 09:57, Alexander,J <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just a quick follow-up: the preferences are still there under AutoFile, but > it doesn’t seem to be working. When I drag-and-drop a file, or right click > and select a file to attach, it just leaves the file in its original location. > > J > >> On 20 Jan 2023, at 08:48, Alexander,J <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It seems that a bug might have appeared in the most recent release of >> BibDesk. Previously, whenever I attached a PDF to a bibliography entry, it >> would automatically move the file and save a copy to a specified directory >> using the template: >> >> ..specified folder…/surname of first author/first few words appearing >> in the title.pdf >> >> That was really useful, because I could specify the folder my Dropbox, and >> so the attached article/book would automatically copy to all my computers. >> >> I just tried attaching a PDF to an entry, and I noticed that it left the PDF >> in its original location. When I checked the preferences, I couldn’t see any >> preference that corresponded to the previous behaviour of BibDesk — i.e., >> automatically moving the file to a new location and renaming it. Has the >> previous capability been removed? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Jason _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
