The settings look correct now. When you open an item in its editor, do you see 
a little file icon next to the File field? Do the files exist? And have you 
reopened the .bib file? What do you actually expect precisely?

Christiaan

> On 24 Dec 2020, at 00:33, Ronald Haynes <rhayne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Still no dice (yet!), attached are the current setting and the view of the 
> desktop.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Dr. Ronald D. Haynes
> 
> Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
> Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
> 
> We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are 
> situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and 
> we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the 
> Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
> On Dec 23, 2020, 7:11 PM -0330, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>, wrote:
>> Use the + button to add the File field to the table, and choose the Local 
>> File type for it.
>> 
>> Christiaan
>> 
>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 23:39, Ronald Haynes <rhayne...@gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:rhayne...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the quick response: here is a screen shot of the fields 
>>> preferences I have selected:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> Dr. Ronald D. Haynes
>>> 
>>> Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
>>> Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs
>>> Memorial University of Newfoundland
>>> 
>>> We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are 
>>> situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, 
>>> and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the 
>>> Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
>>> On Dec 23, 2020, 7:04 PM -0330, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>>, wrote:
>>>> Have you declared the File field as a local file field in the Field 
>>>> preferences? Add the File field to the table, and select the type. If you 
>>>> have allowed automatic conversion of local file fields to linked files, it 
>>>> should be automatically done when you next open the database.
>>>> 
>>>> Christiaan
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 23:29, Ronald Haynes <rhayne...@gmail.com 
>>>>> <mailto:rhayne...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi folks, thanks for the response.   I have played with those options but 
>>>>> to no effect! Attached is a screen shot of how the file link is included 
>>>>> in the bib info.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dr. Ronald D. Haynes
>>>>> 
>>>>> Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
>>>>> Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs
>>>>> Memorial University of Newfoundland
>>>>> 
>>>>> We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are 
>>>>> situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, 
>>>>> and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the 
>>>>> Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
>>>>> On Dec 23, 2020, 6:28 PM -0330, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com 
>>>>> <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>>, wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 23 Dec 2020, at 14:22, Ronald Haynes <rhayne...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>> <mailto:rhayne...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi folks, new bibdesk user here.  I have a .bib file with 2000+ items.  
>>>>>>> Two issues:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> i) Almost have a file= entries which are absolute paths to pdfs.   The 
>>>>>>> attachments are not appearing in preview and no option to open from 
>>>>>>> within bibdesk.    Suggestions? 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ii) What options are there to clean up the bib entries? correcting 
>>>>>>> author format etc?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dr. Ronald D. Haynes
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> i) You should declare File a local file field in the Fields preferences. 
>>>>>> Also you may want to choose whether you want to use linked files, which 
>>>>>> are special links to files that are more sturdy than just paths, and 
>>>>>> whether and how you want to convert local file fields by default 
>>>>>> Local-Url) to linked files. you can do that also in the Fields 
>>>>>> preferences. You can also use AppleScript to move the fields.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ii) There is no automatic cleaning. There are a few features to do 
>>>>>> specific things, but perhaps you could better ask a more specific 
>>>>>> question.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Christiaan

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