I didn't get a chance to try the script because the symlink method worked
-- genius.
Even after a restart, which ejected the fake GoogleDrive disk image, the
file links now point to the right place.
Thank you!
On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 10:43 AM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I thought of perhaps an easier way to fix your problem using
> AppleScript.There is a trick to get the relative path in AppleScript even
> in the linked file is broken. Here is a script that you could use to fix
> the links. Run it from Script Editor.
>
> *property* oldPathPrefix : "../../../../../../Volumes/GoogleDrive/"
> *property* newPathPrefix : "../../GoogleDrive-USERNAME/"
>
> *tell* *document* 1 *of* *application* "BibDesk"
> *set* theBibFile *to* *its* *file*
> *set* theIndex *to* 1 + (length *of* oldPathPrefix)
> *set* thePubs *to* *its* selection
> *repeat* *with* aPub *in* thePubs
> *set* thePub *to* contents *of* thePub
> *if* (*count* *of* *linked files* *of* thePub) > 0 *and* *linked file* 1
> *of* thePub *is* *missing value* *then*
> *try*
> *set* relPath *to* *export* using text
> "<$publications.@firstObject.localFiles.@firstObject.relativePath/>" for {
> thePub}
> *if* relPath *starts with* oldPathPrefix *then*
> *set* relPath *to* newPathPrefix & (*text* theIndex *thru* *end* *of*
> relPath)
> *set* theFile *to* *resolve* relPath relative to theBibFile
> *set* theFile *to* theFile *as* *alias*
> *tell* thePub
> *remove* *linked file* 1
> *add* theFile
> *end* *tell*
> *end* *if*
> *end* *try*
> *end* *if*
> *end* *repeat*
> *end* *tell*
>
>
> Of course you should replace the correct new path prefix (i.e. fill in
> USERNAME). The script works on the selected publications (from the main
> table). I would suggest to try it first on a single selected item, to see
> it works correctly. I have not tried out the script, as I don’t havenything
> to try it on.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On 8 Feb 2023, at 00:09, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 7 Feb 2023, at 21:52, Laurel MacKenzie <laurel.macken...@nyu.edu>
> wrote:
>
> I have Bibdesk auto-file my PDFs in a folder on a mounted Google Drive
> volume, so that I can access them from anywhere. Without warning, Google
> Drive has changed the way it mounts on a Mac, breaking all my file links.
>
> Previously, files were saved at the following path:
> ../../../../../../Volumes/GoogleDrive/My Drive/Books &
> papers/FILENAME.pdf
> (This is based on my decoding the bdsk-file-N field of entries added
> before the migration)
>
> I've changed the autofile location in Bibdesk preferences so that
> newly-added PDFs go to the right place. Now, files are saved at this path:
> ../../GoogleDrive-USERNAME/My Drive/Books & papers/FILENAME.pdf
> (This is based on my decoding the bdsk-file-N field of entries added after
> the migration)
>
> But the 3000 PDFs I added before Google Drive migrated itself are all
> showing up as broken links in Bibdesk. Is there any way to fix them?
>
> Thanks,
> Laurel
>
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