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by smarcopolo
Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Trouble with large author or institution field contents
Replies: 1
Views: 1364

Trouble with large author or institution field contents

I have recently stumbled upon an anomaly that repeatedly caused crashes of Bookends 14.1.6 running on macOS Ventura 13.1. Posting this in case anyone else has come upon the same problem. If the right display panel was closed, there was no problem. If the right panel was open when selecting a referen...
by smarcopolo
Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:50 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Watch folder greyed out, not importing
Replies: 3
Views: 1593

Re: Watch folder greyed out, not importing

In answer to the second suggestion, my main working library was open. I also had tried creating a duplicate library and rebuilding it. Neither restarted importing from the watch folder. I downloaded a new copy of 4.1.6 and installed it, replacing the current copy. Thereafter, the watch folder menu o...
by smarcopolo
Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Watch folder greyed out, not importing
Replies: 3
Views: 1593

Watch folder greyed out, not importing

My watch folder stopped working. Through many version upgrades it has worked well. Now under the Bookends File menu the options for "Import From Watch Folder" are greyed out, both "Start Watching" and "Configure...". The folder has not moved (iCloud Drive > iDownloads/B...
by smarcopolo
Tue Apr 26, 2022 6:31 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Bookends quit unexpectedly in Monterey
Replies: 6
Views: 1643

Bookends quit unexpectedly in Monterey

After macOS upgrade from Catalina to Monterey (12.3.1) Bookends quits repeatedly and unexpectedly. When next run again it asks whether it is OK to use the same database (there are journal files waiting to be processed). There is no other apparent damage. The last work I was doing is retained. When I...
by smarcopolo
Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:18 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: PDF annotation changes -- comments
Replies: 59
Views: 24187

Re: PDF annotation changes -- comments

I have had the same problem, with the popover only staying up for about 1 second. Too brief to do anything. After quitting every other running app (using cmd-tab) the popover was still transient. I quit and restarted Bookends 14.0.6 and the popover stayed open, without resorting to Safe Mode.
by smarcopolo
Sat May 22, 2021 11:14 pm
Forum: Looking for formats...
Topic: Default bibliography formats disappeared
Replies: 2
Views: 8804

Re: Default bibliography formats disappeared

I think your hypothesis may be correct that macOS security policies are not consistent. Bookends does have Full Disk Access, yet this occurred. Fortunately, on this occasion it had an easy resolution. I've "downgraded" to Catalina partly because these problems were much more frequent and d...
by smarcopolo
Sat May 22, 2021 8:20 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Searching for references without attachments
Replies: 3
Views: 2043

Re: Searching for references without attachments

Would it be possible to add a selectable and sortable column for the list of references by ticking "Attachments" in the List page of Bookends Preferences? This would also make it easy to scan a list of reference authors or titles compared to the attachment file names, rather than having to...
by smarcopolo
Sat May 22, 2021 8:12 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: [Feature Request] Drag Marooned Attachment onto Reference
Replies: 4
Views: 2054

Re: [Feature Request] Drag Marooned Attachment onto Reference

This is a very good idea! Would be very helpful.
Mark
by smarcopolo
Fri May 21, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: Looking for formats...
Topic: Default bibliography formats disappeared
Replies: 2
Views: 8804

Default bibliography formats disappeared

When I opened Formats Manager to select a different format, I was surprised to find only a few of the many default formats in that now very short list with my few custom formats. All of the formats appeared to be present in the ~/Library/Application Support/Bookends/Formats/ folder. After quitting B...
by smarcopolo
Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:03 pm
Forum: Looking for formats...
Topic: Formats FTP login
Replies: 2
Views: 9394

Formats FTP login

I need to download a replacement for a corrupt format file. Each time I go to the FTP site I am challenged to sign in. Guest and anonymous as given in various forum posts and in all combinations of username and password do not work. Nor do my forums username and password. What is needed to access fo...