Good to hear! Perhaps for future reference, I noticed that one thing doesn’t work in the script, “remove” near the end should be replaced by “delete” (remove does not work when the value to remove is missing value).
Christiaan > On 8 Feb 2023, at 19:54, Laurel MacKenzie <laurel.macken...@nyu.edu> wrote: > > I didn't get a chance to try the script because the symlink method worked -- > genius. > > Even after a restart, which ejected the fake GoogleDrive disk image, the file > links now point to the right place. > > Thank you! > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 10:43 AM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com > <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I thought of perhaps an easier way to fix your problem using > AppleScript.There is a trick to get the relative path in AppleScript even in > the linked file is broken. Here is a script that you could use to fix the > links. Run it from Script Editor. > > property oldPathPrefix : "../../../../../../Volumes/GoogleDrive/" > property newPathPrefix : "../../GoogleDrive-USERNAME/" > > tell document 1 of application "BibDesk" > set theBibFile to its file > set theIndex to 1 + (length of oldPathPrefix) > set thePubs to its selection > repeat with aPub in thePubs > set thePub to contents of thePub > if (count of linked files of thePub) > 0 and linked file 1 of > thePub is missing value then > try > set relPath to export using text > "<$publications.@firstObject.localFiles.@firstObject.relativePath/>" for > {thePub} > if relPath starts with oldPathPrefix then > set relPath to newPathPrefix & (text > theIndex thru end of relPath) > set theFile to resolve relPath relative > to theBibFile > set theFile to theFile as alias > tell thePub > remove linked file 1 > add theFile > end tell > end if > end try > end if > end repeat > end tell > > > Of course you should replace the correct new path prefix (i.e. fill in > USERNAME). The script works on the selected publications (from the main > table). I would suggest to try it first on a single selected item, to see it > works correctly. I have not tried out the script, as I don’t havenything to > try it on. > > Christiaan > >> On 8 Feb 2023, at 00:09, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com >> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> 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 >>> > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_lists_listinfo_bibdesk-2Dusers&d=DwICAg&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=x2RvmHoTb___X9Qv6mqKIeS8QHlEg_emQRr5vk5PL_0&m=sE9jyUEEQ-oopBUXfh0rbtLKyFEVjTGzgnpyPJxAqCABCpJazZEUr0fFSahiojPL&s=5tV8ItBciZ6k3WvP8uCRBK523oqJL4MhUNbMwiHPeTk&e= > > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_lists_listinfo_bibdesk-2Dusers&d=DwICAg&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=x2RvmHoTb___X9Qv6mqKIeS8QHlEg_emQRr5vk5PL_0&m=sE9jyUEEQ-oopBUXfh0rbtLKyFEVjTGzgnpyPJxAqCABCpJazZEUr0fFSahiojPL&s=5tV8ItBciZ6k3WvP8uCRBK523oqJL4MhUNbMwiHPeTk&e=> > > > > -- > Dr. Laurel MacKenzie | Assistant Professor > Department of Linguistics | New York University > www.laurelmackenzie.com > <http://www.laurelmackenzie.com/>_______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users Christiaan
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