On Mar 29, 2011, at 10:26, Douglas Stebila wrote: > What, if any, is the recommended method for synchronizing BibDesk libraries > *and their collection of attached PDFs* between multiple computers? While > it's easy to synchronize the actual files -- using a network file system, > rsync, DropBox, etc. -- BibDesk does not seem to notice that the PDFs has > been synced since it stores Mac OS file aliases in the BibTeX file, as > opposed to say relative path names. > > Douglas
No, BibDesk saves both a relative path and an alias (basically an absolute path and a file ID). In fact, the relative path has preference when resolving the linked file. (Though when the file is moved while the document is open in BibDesk it may follow the file object rather than any replacement.) So if you make sure that you sync keeping the relative path between the .bib file and the PDFs intact than that should work, that's also the recommended way. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
