No, the saved links are not in plain text, they are encoded data. Christiaan
> On 8 Feb 2023, at 00:17, Andy Jacobson via Bibdesk-users > <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Can't you just edit the bib file and do a wholesale edit/replace of the path? > > Best, > > Andy > > On 2/7/23 16:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> On 7 Feb 2023, at 21:52, Laurel MacKenzie <laurel.macken...@nyu.edu >>> <mailto:laurel.macken...@nyu.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> I have Bibdesk auto-file my PDFs in a folder on a mounted Google Drive >>> volume, so that I can access them from anywhere. Without warning, Google >>> Drive has changed the way it mounts on a Mac, breaking all my file links. >>> >>> Previously, files were saved at the following path: >>> ../../../../../../Volumes/GoogleDrive/My Drive/Books & >>> papers/FILENAME.pdf >>> (This is based on my decoding the bdsk-file-N field of entries added before >>> the migration) >>> >>> I've changed the autofile location in Bibdesk preferences so that >>> newly-added PDFs go to the right place. Now, files are saved at this path: >>> ../../GoogleDrive-USERNAME/My Drive/Books & papers/FILENAME.pdf >>> (This is based on my decoding the bdsk-file-N field of entries added after >>> the migration) >>> >>> But the 3000 PDFs I added before Google Drive migrated itself are all >>> showing up as broken links in Bibdesk. Is there any way to fix them? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Laurel >>> >> That is a problem, as the whole folder seems to have moved, so all >> references to the files we save become invalid. >> Perhaps you could try to fool BibDesk by recreating the old location with a >> trick. Create a disk image called GoogleDrive (you can do that using Disk >> Utility, File > New Image > Blank Image, make sure you set the Name to >> GoogleDrive). When attached, add a symlink inside the drive (at >> /Volumes/GoogleDrive), named “My Drive”, and pointing to the new existing >> one in GoogleDrive-USERNAM: Use Terminal.app to cd to the disk image volume >> /Volumes/GoogleDrive, and use the command >> ln -s "../../path/to/GoogleDrive-USERNAME/My Drive” “My Drive” >> (use the correct relative path to the folder). >> Now you should get a folder My Drive inside the disk image’s volume, >> containing all your files. If you then open BibDesk, the links should be >> restored. If you then detach the volume, and the links still work, you can >> save the BibDesk file, with the links restored. >> Christiaan >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > -- > Andy Jacobson > (he-him-his) > andy.jacob...@noaa.gov > > NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory > 325 Broadway R/GMD1 > Boulder, Colorado 80305 > > (720) 310-5782 > _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
