I thought so too, but installing google drive etc didn't help. I think they also changed something on their side and you didn't have the problem because you successfully logged in before that change. Not sure.
I guess the only option left is webdav. Or finding a developer to re-invent Pocketbib. I would be willing to pay .... Essentially Pocketbib presented a bibtex-file in a user-friendly way and allowed sorting, searching etc.... It supported static groups created in BibDesk. And the links to files.... Daniel > Am 07.09.2018 um 13:22 schrieb Morten Risager <mrisa...@gmail.com>: > > I did not have this problem. Since PocketBib is unfortunately no > longer on my iPad I cannot verify exactly what I did. Maybe you need > the google drive app installed on your device and also be logged in? > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 10:21 AM Daniel Becker <d.bec...@jpberlin.de> wrote: >> >> I had to give up pocketbib because syncing with Dropbox no longer works. How >> did you manage to set up a connection between google drive and pocketbib? I >> always get >> >> 403 Error: disallowed_useragent >> >> and I didn't find a way to solve that. >> >> It really is too bad that pocketbib is no longer working. Of course there >> are alternatives when it comes to reading and annotating PDFs, but pocketbib >> has been incredibly useful to find entries and associated PDFs in the the >> bibdesk/bibtex database ... >> >> Daniel >> >> >>> Am 06.09.2018 um 21:45 schrieb Morten Risager <mrisa...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Dropbox certainly ceased to work in Pocketbib after the Dropbox API >>> changed. However, Google drive still works beautifully though so for >>> those of us using Google drive it is still immensely useful. If I >>> could only get it installed on my Ipad again. >>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:57 PM Glenn Hoetker via Bibdesk-users >>> <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> I believe that PocketBib was not updated to adjust for a change in the >>>> Dropbox API, which reduced its usefulness. Whether that led directly to >>>> it being removed from the App Store or not, I don’t know, but I think it >>>> was an indication that the developer was no longer supporting the >>>> application. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 5:58 AM, Marc <brouard.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Currently using PocketBib on an old iPad. This has been working great. I >>>>> will need to upgrade at some stage and not looking forward to it. The >>>>> whole reason I bought the iPad was to read papers, annotate them and sync >>>>> back to my main computer. >>>>> >>>>> I don’t suppose anybody knows why PocketBib was removed from the App >>>>> Store? >>>>> >>>>>> On 1 Sep 2018, at 13:47, Morten Risager wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi list, >>>>>> >>>>>> To cut to the point: Has any iPad user found a good way to access bibtex >>>>>> files incl. links on their iPads? >>>>>> >>>>>> I realize that this is not strictly speaking a Bibdesk question, so if >>>>>> this >>>>>> considered inappropriate I apologize beforehand. >>>>>> >>>>>> Backstory: >>>>>> I am a happy Bibdesk user for some 10+ years. I have been using Pocketbib >>>>>> on iPad for several years to access my Bibdesk generated bibtex file with >>>>>> links to Google drive hosted pdfs. Its been *great* to have easy ipad >>>>>> access to my huge article and book collection. >>>>>> >>>>>> Recently I had to reinstall my iPad from scratch. I had not realised that >>>>>> Pocketbib had been pulled from the app store, and that the iPad backups >>>>>> no >>>>>> longer contains backups of the actual program. So it seems I can no >>>>>> longer >>>>>> get Pocketbib on my iPad. Of course I can still access the pdfs using the >>>>>> Google Drive app but it is just so much more cumbersome than the previous >>>>>> solution. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> Morten >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: I realize that at some point there were some attempt to make a >>>>>> Bibdesk >>>>>> for ios, but if I understand correctly it has very low priority. 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