#Bibdesk with word how to
#Bibdesk with word plus

And the absence of documentation online is also frightening. So I’m afraid this sort of thing might continue with bookends.

#Bibdesk with word how to

And, tbh, when I first opened bookends and imported some references, I struggled for like 15 minutes to figure out how to edit those references. I’m fascinated by ‘s combination of the two (plus integration with Devonthink, which is the actual reason for my transition to Mac, and Obsidian, which I already use) but I’m still not sure whether it mightn’ t be a lot easier to just use Zotero only, no bookends, keep it simple etc.īoth and have their gripes with bookends, so, obviously it’s not perfect, plus, it’s not open source, which can be an issue years ahead and I don’t really want to migrate my 7000+ references ever again. So this is why I’m so happy to find this topic (previously I’d only seen the one from last year), which pushed me towards bookends).

So do I want to learn/accustomize myself with both, just to see which import works better and which ref manager works better? Not really. However, I have no prior experience with neither JavaScript (the importing language for Zotero) or Applescript (for Bookends). I’m still trying to figure out how to import everything from Citavi into each of them, but it has become apparent that custom scripting/configuring will be necessary in both cases. it seems to be a myth), I’m still willing to explore the Apple world.Īnyway, this involves replacing my current reference manager (Citavi), which is Windows only and I’m stuck between Bookends and Zotero, but without really having tried either of them yet. This topic is invaluable! I’m in the process of moving from Windows to Mac and while I find no evidence for the “Mac just work” myth (i.e. (Thanks for previous sidebar discussion.) The list of modern conveniences continues… There’s also ZotHero to search the Zotero database from Alfred. I can also export my annotations to markdown, then copy those into a note in Obsidian, with a link to the notes file being added to Zotero by ZotFile. Though I’ll need to see how well it places with the Citations plugin in Obsidian. I’m experimenting with citekey formats, and kind of like this one: Acerbi2017TargetUncertaintyMediates I did manage to retain my “Location” field, which is the binder and folder numbers that my printed copy are in by using a small AppleScript for Bookends to copy user5 to user3, which is the call num field which does import (whereas user5 does not).

#Bibdesk with word plus

I did lose my tags, but on the plus side, tags in Zotero gives you a list of suggestions (novel idea). Yesterday I jumped in, held my breath and exported my Bookends database to EndNote (XML) with attachments, then imported into Zotero. I previously considered making the switch from Bookends to Zotero (because reasons), but ultimately did not.