No, I didn't use migration assistant, in order to avoid carrying over years' 
worth of old stuff.  But I set up the prefs and locations as before.  Shifting 
the prefs file was my next step, but I thought I'd ask first.  Thanks.

DN

On 21 Oct 2014, at 11:46 pm, Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Unless you use the "Migration Assistant", none of your preferences
> moved.
> 
> 1. Quit BibDesk
> 2. Restore pref file from backup 
> 
>    pref file is
>    ~/Library/Preferences/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.plist
> 
> 3. At terminal, run: "defaults read
> ~/Library/Preferences/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.plist"
> 
> That might get it to work.
> 
>  -k.
> 
> 
> 
> * On 2014-10-21 at 08:23, David Nicholls wrote:
>> I'm just setting up a new MacbookPro (Mavericks), and have installed Bibdesk 
>> and have copied over my old references.bib file, and the library of pdfs 
>> from my old MBP (also Mavericks).
>> 
>> My normal routine when adding a new reference, once I have the new entry in 
>> the main bibdesk window, is to drag a downloaded pdf onto the Bibdesk "drop 
>> files here" window, which renames the files to authorYYYYa.pdf, etc, and 
>> moves it to the papers folder of pdfs.
>> 
>> For some reason, probably a config error, the new set up neither renames the 
>> file nor moves it.  I currently have the default preferences. What do I need 
>> to set to fix the problem?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> DN
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