Sonny Software

I don't want to hijack this discussion but I feel like I should mention my experience also. My database of ~1200 entries is also frequently prompted to rebuild or repair. Until recently, I was syncing my BE database across two computers using a portable HDD. After any significant work where I added ...

Thanks, Jon. As always, I appreciate the timely and helpful support.

Jon, While the database rebuild seems to have fixed the problem it still raises a couple of questions for me: 1) I have configured Bookends to sync to an external drive when I open and close my database. I also have it set to backup once every day. Just prior to the backup operation, Bookends is ver...

I have tweaked the DevonThink script and template to copy-paste not only the title, author and date (as in the standard version), but also my Bookends notes per bibliographic item. Macula, would you be willing to share the AppleScript you described here? Like you I use DevonThink and am also a heav...

Jon, I just rebuilt both databases (I have a sync operation with an external drive upon open/close of the database) and then attempted to replicate the problem. I did this by copying and pasting directly from a PDF into the Notes pane and then switching to the Main pane. I did this several times but...

Hello, I've experienced a problem using Bookends 11.1.6 that I'm finding both very mysterious and extremely debilitating to my use of the software. I use the Notes feature heavily during my workflow. My preferred approach is to use the Main/Notes/Attachments window to take notes while I read a PDF i...

I've tried this but the fact that sync was active (upon open/close) made it difficult to resolve whether or not I had actually resolved the corruption problem. Another approach I've tried and just tried again this morning is to take the database copy that I know has been verified and rebuilt and cop...

Hello, I have been using Bookends to sync my database to a portable HDD which is then synced between two machines (home <-->portable HDD<-->work). In the past, this has worked very well. But recently, I've been prompted to rebuild my database almost every time I run a complete sync between one machi...

Thanks for pointing this out. I thought BE could export in a number of formats but I kept looking for those options under File-->Export References(Hits). I searched the manual but the references to RIS didn't seem to address my problem. But this will really help.

Thanks again, Jon. It's great to get such a quick response and update.

Hello, There seems to have been a lot of discussion regarding imports from http://www.citeulike.org However, I'm interested in sharing my references using that service. However, Citeulike only supports RIS and Bibtex imports. Is there any way to export references from Bookends to either of these for...

Thanks. That is actually a lot faster.

Thanks. Should have thought of that. I appreciate your help.

Thanks, Jon. I don't necessarily mind the distinction that Bookends makes between a keyword that ends/doesn't end in a space. Although, if BE could be made to be "smart" about these differences that would be helpful. But I was wondering if you could suggest a way of removing those trailing...

Jon, Thanks for your quick and detailed reply. I was able to use another approach to solve my problem but I'm still very glad to have the information for future reference. I'm so glad to be using Bookends again! After attempting to "clean up" the keywords in my database, I noticed some iss...