Thank you Katie. I like PDF Expert as well, very nice tool.
> On 14 Jul 2020, at 23:43, Collins, Katherine <katie.coll...@usask.ca> wrote: > > Hi Danushka, > > I use PDF Expert. I sync my BibDesk folder with this app, and then open and > annotate any PDF. The annotations are synced back to my computer through > Dropbox. It doesn't use the .bib file at all - I've just set up BibDesk to > change the filenames to be recognizable enough so that I can search for the > ones I want to read. Not ideal (e.g. doesn't show to-read tags), but it works > well enough. Perhaps you can set the app you mentioned to open PDFs in PDF > Expert. > > Katie > From: Danushka Bollegala <danushka.bolleg...@gmail.com > <mailto:danushka.bolleg...@gmail.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 3:44 PM > To: For general discussion about using BibDesk > <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] Accessing PDFs on iPad > > CAUTION: External to USask. Verify sender and use caution with links and > attachments. Forward suspicious emails to phish...@usask.ca > <mailto:phish...@usask.ca> > Thank you Christian for the quick response and for this great piece of > software! > > As for dropbox synced folders between Mac and iPad > https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213 > <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213> > can extract the linked file urls correctly and this works fine (although you > have to reload the bib file used by bibdesk from the iPad app > every time you add a paper on the Mac to bibdesk because the App is just a > read only viewer that operates on a copy). > Anyway I was just curious to know what other bibdesk users do when they want > to read papers that add to their bibdesk library on Mac, on an iPad. > > Thanks in advance > > Danushka > > > >> On 14 Jul 2020, at 22:25, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com >> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 14 Jul 2020, at 22:41, Danushka Bollegala <danushka.bolleg...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:danushka.bolleg...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Bibdesk users >>> >>> I am sure this question must have been asked before but I cannot find the >>> answer. I was wondering what tools/apps you use to access your bibdesk >>> library when you read papers on an iPad. >>> It is not a problem if the iPad app cannot edit the bibdesk entries or add >>> new papers to the bibtex library, but what I am looking for is a way to >>> read the linked PDFs from the iPad. For example, I have all my papers and >>> the bibdesk library (.bib file) all in dropbox and synced across Mac and >>> iPad. So the papers are already there in the iPad but what I am looking for >>> is a way to find them via the bibdesk library on the iPad. I used PocketBib >>> (when it was still available and syncing via dropbox) for this purpose and >>> see that https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213 >>> <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213> also enables you to >>> copy the bib file from Mac to iPad via dropbox but it does not sync when I >>> add a paper from Bibdesk on Mac. I assume there are many people who use >>> iPads to read/annotate paper PDFs and would greatly appreciate if you could >>> share your workflow for this. >>> >>> Thank you in advance >>> >>> Danushka >> >> The data in the linked files fields is specific to BibDesk, so you would not >> be able to see them from any other app, on macOS or iOS. As for local file >> fields, its name and format may also change between apps. The problem is >> that the bibtex format simply does not have a standard way to link to files, >> so it is necessarily app specific. >> >> Christiaan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users>
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