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For anyone reading this thread at a later date - I did not upload my full solution that combines both the AppleScript and the Python script. I could do so, if there is interest (I'd have to modify things to ensure it works for a user besides myself). I have no idea if this is a widespread issue or n...

Sure, you are welcome to do that.

-JW

I ended up just writing an AppleScript that called my Python script ('match_attachments.py') from within it, using the following AS code: if pubAttachments is not "" then set pythonScriptPath to "(Local user path would go here)_match_attachments.py" set firstAttachmentPath to pub...

Hi Jon, Is there any way to interact with Bookends via Python? Or is it all done through AppleScript? Any future plans for this? I've got a script I'm working on that combines some AppleScript with Python to do what I want - more on that in a bit - but it would be much simpler to simply work through...

Or another idea: using the 'Can't find...' filename for the dead attachment to 'rename' the modified name of the existing attachment in the Bookends folder (which Bookends can't find...). This would probably require some AppleScript - fine - but I'd first need to know how to get the 'Can't find...'f...

Thanks for the quick response. Here's what happened. I was able to find the Golinski file using that method but it was a pretty manual process. I had to sift through 72 'matching' PDFs to find the right one, but it was there: __ Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 19.49.59.png __ Then my original reference had...

Hi, I must have changed some settings a year or two ago in how Bookends stores attachment names. Ever since then, I now have many attachments that Bookends cannot find, even though they are in the Bookends folder, but they have their older filename format. I'll provide an example (please see the att...

Two quick follow-ups: 1. I note that the file name listed after 'Can't find file...' is precisely the name of the file in the Bookends/Attachments folder, which makes me wonder why it can't find it. 2. Is there a way to make this a Smart Group? This way, when one re-attaches the original Attachment,...

Thanks! That worked like a charm. Now, with these hundreds of attachments, I suppose there is no shortcut to reattach their attachments? One has to go one-by-one and find the orphaned attachments - there is no automatic searching in the Attachments Folder, matching file names with references (after ...

Hi, I would like to create a Smart Group which identifies all references that appear to have an attachment but, when clicked, instead provide the error message "Can't find file..." This error appears even though the PDF is in my default Attachments folder. No idea why, but I assume it had ...

Jon, I migrated from Sente, which no longer exists, and - if my memory is correct - it had this functionality. I agree with you though that this could lead to major unintended data loss, if one is not careful. I can't remember what fail-safe Sente had to prevent this, but I recall being able to high...

Thank you for the clarification. I am glad to see there is at least a way to do this, even though - from a user perspective - it does not seem intuitive, or similar to other programs. Also, when I try to do this with another field - 'Journal' - say, this is not listed in the drop-down list of possib...

I must have forgotten how to do this, not using Bookends in awhile but....how do you edit multiple references at the same time? I have about 20 references that all need the same Author and Journal names (to start). When I click on multiple selections in the Library Window, they are highlighted but o...

Hi Jon,

The default path is /Users/[name]/Dropbox/Bookends/Attachments in Preferences, and I can verify that the attachments are indeed there.

Jeff

Hi all, New Bookends user here, migrating from Sente. I managed to export all the metadata from my Sente library to a new Bookends library, importing SenteXML files for the full library. I also managed to save all the attachments from that library into a Bookends/Attachments folder. So I have both c...