Adam-
Thank you!   That does seem to work.

That seems … a touch elliptical, though, no?  

I’ll look at BibTool as well.   

Thanks,
David Craig


> On Mar 30, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Adam R. Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 30, 2023, at 20:01 , David Craig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> What’s the recommended way to merge two bibliographies?
>> 
>> I know I can drag all entries from one bibliography into another, but in 
>> this case BibDesk is happy to copy over duplicate entries, which then have 
>> to be removed by hand.   Is there a better way to do this?  (I’ve searched 
>> the manual and wiki, but haven’t found what I’m looking for.)
> 
> If the capability is still there, you should be able to add your second 
> database as an external file group, then use "Merge in External Publications" 
> to add the entries that don't already exist. In my ancient version here, it's 
> in the manual section on external file groups.
> 
> Gerd Nergebauer's BibTool would be a more flexible option if you don't mind 
> the command line.
> 
> -- 
> adam




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