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by mwarner
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Clarification on syncing behavior
Replies: 2
Views: 32

Re: Clarification on syncing behavior

Sorry, to clarify, I was referring to the metadata. When viewing my library on my office computer, I cannot see the references that I brought into BE at home this morning. I will have to make sure that importing was working correctly back at home just to be sure and will reach out via support contac...
by mwarner
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Clarification on syncing behavior
Replies: 2
Views: 32

Clarification on syncing behavior

From the BE user guide, cloud syncing is described as, "Bookends checks to see if syncing is required every time a library is opened or closed, or when Bookends moves to the background (e.g. when another application comes to the front)." I'm running v. 14.2.5 on two Macs with iCloud and ha...
by mwarner
Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:59 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Likely not BE problem - missing figures within PDF files
Replies: 1
Views: 2531

Likely not BE problem - missing figures within PDF files

I've noticed several PDFs in my database have missing figures. Many culprits come from the journal Science, and I am pretty sure that these PDFs were fine and viewable in previous versions of the Mac OS, so I am guessing this is a larger PDF rendering issue that is somehow affecting how Apple previe...
by mwarner
Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: Possible sync issue w/ latest iOS update?
Replies: 1
Views: 5042

Possible sync issue w/ latest iOS update?

I updated to the latest version of iOS yesterday and realized this morning that all of the new references that I placed into BookEnds on my Mac were not showing their respective PDF attachment files in Bookends on iOS. I went through the usual "sync now" command on both the Mac and the iPa...
by mwarner
Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:49 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder
Replies: 11
Views: 6701

Re: Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder

Thanks,
Reaching out to tech support now, as I can't make it stop and can repeat the problem.
by mwarner
Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:21 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder
Replies: 11
Views: 6701

Re: Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder

Yep, BookEnds froze hard upon the first attempt. I shut it all down, rebooted, and rebuilt. Still cannot find the missing ref that is sitting in iCloud Drive. Now, I've just realized that BookEnds added the PDF to the preceding reference before it instead of importing as a stand alone reference as i...
by mwarner
Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:00 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder
Replies: 11
Views: 6701

Duplicate entries and missing refs when importing from watch folder

My common workflow is to grab PDF's from online journal databases via my university library connection while working in Web of Science. I then quickly import those PDF's into BookEnds by using a keyboard shortcut I created in Automator to send the files to my BookEnds watch folder. Two issues have c...
by mwarner
Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:31 pm
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: What is this annotation tool?
Replies: 3
Views: 7044

Re: What is this annotation tool?

Never mind, realize now that it’s a lot easier to just bring the PDF into GoodNotes and copy figures from there.
by mwarner
Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:40 pm
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: What is this annotation tool?
Replies: 3
Views: 7044

Re: What is this annotation tool?

Many thanks. So, I guess there’s no easy way to copy elements in the PDF and paste them into another app?
by mwarner
Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: What is this annotation tool?
Replies: 3
Views: 7044

What is this annotation tool?

On the annotate tool bar, what is the 10th item down that looks like a dashed square? I was hoping this was a way to copy figures from my pdf and paste them into GoodNotes, but all I get is a shaded area drawn with my Apple Pencil that then goes away when I lift my pencil. What is this tool supposed...
by mwarner
Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Advice on rapid emailing multiple refs and PDFs
Replies: 2
Views: 2356

Advice on rapid emailing multiple refs and PDFs

I have a problem where I will have a long series of papers in my hit list that I would like to email to another person in one quick stroke, along with their respective PDF attachments. The manual implies that this is possible if I am using Apple Mail or outlook, but this feature does not seem possib...
by mwarner
Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: known bug? Can't copy highlighted text
Replies: 1
Views: 2851

known bug? Can't copy highlighted text

Trying to find out if this is a known limitation of annotating in Bookends. If I highlight text while in BE for iOS, then open the PDF in Preview, I can no longer copy that text which is highlighted to the clipboard. If I highlight text while in Preview, that text is still available for copying to t...
by mwarner
Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:14 pm
Forum: Bookends for iOS
Topic: PDF annotation colors
Replies: 4
Views: 4827

Re: PDF annotation colors

To follow up on this question, I find the the highlighting appearance of the iOS app to be pretty bad and messy. Is there a way to have it function with a line-by-line snap to grid sort of functionality to give it the same behavior as highlighting on the Mac or in other PDF mark up apps in iOS (see ...
by mwarner
Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: What is "normal" iCloud syncing behavior?
Replies: 18
Views: 12368

What is "normal" iCloud syncing behavior?

I am confused as to how/why iCloud syncing is working with BookEnds. Specifically, I leave BookEnds open on my work Mac all the time. When I go to BookEnds, the pop-down window often comes up asking me to enter my iCloud password, regardless of whether or not the "keep me logged in" box is...
by mwarner
Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:39 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Getting my head around iCloud
Replies: 12
Views: 8472

Re: Getting my head around iCloud

I think I just found the answer to my question and hope this will help others if they find the same source of confusion. Bookends is using a small amount of space that goes toward your iCloud storage quota (in my case, 11.1 MB) Apple makes this confusing since some items use iCloud drive in name, wh...