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by alanterra
Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:14 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Main panel cut off at top
Replies: 11
Views: 8944

Main panel cut off at top

Hi.

I don't understand how this happening, but sometimes when I am reviewing my references, the top 1" or so of the "Main" panel is cut off. Switching to another reference and then back to the one I am looking at fixes it, but it always takes me a minute thinking "Where did the Authors field go ...
by alanterra
Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:59 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: App Translocation Error Message
Replies: 3
Views: 3652

Re: App Translocation Error Message

So, this is beyond my paygrade -- I really don't understand this discussion, but perhaps you will, Jon.

I did confirm that the app was properly signed, and I did reboot.

I then launched Bookends and, as pointed out in this link, https://blog.obdev.at/gatekeeper-and-little-snitch-rules/ , I saw ...
by alanterra
Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: App Translocation Error Message
Replies: 3
Views: 3652

App Translocation Error Message

With the newest version of Bookends, 13.0.7, my firewall (Little Snitch) now says that Bookends is running in "App Translocation Mode". Among other things, this means that any connections I allow it need to re-allowed every time I launch the app. I know what App Translocation Mode means, I think ...
by alanterra
Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Synchronizing metatags
Replies: 5
Views: 4946

Re: Synchronizing metatags

I meant--because the string saying where the attachments are is the same on both computers, I should be able to copy (by hand) preferences from one to the other. Just re-iterating your solution.

THank you!
by alanterra
Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Detach and move to trash
Replies: 2
Views: 3011

Re: Detach and move to trash

Oh. (Sheepish grin).
by alanterra
Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: One library or many libraries
Replies: 7
Views: 8629

Re: One library or many libraries

So, I have thought a lot about this in a different, but similar, context: Lightroom Catalogs. It might be worthwhile to peruse this article https://www.lightroomqueen.com/one-or-multiple-catalogs/ .

For me, it comes down to keywords—if there is significant (say > 40%) overlap in keywords between ...
by alanterra
Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Alphabetization puzzle
Replies: 0
Views: 33940

Alphabetization puzzle

Hi

I use accented characters in authors' names (because they are accented "in real life.") As far as I can tell, Bookends does not intelligently sort accented characters (in Bookends, Á usually comes after Z but sometimes after A and before B).

A related issue is that accented characters are not ...
by alanterra
Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:23 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Detach and move to trash
Replies: 2
Views: 3011

Detach and move to trash

Can I put in a strong request for a "Detach and move to trash" option? This could be done by (a) adding another menu item to what is already a long menu, (b) changing the meaning of "Detach…" when the option key is held down, (c) adding a preference of "Trash/Don't trash when detaching".

I have 9 ...
by alanterra
Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:48 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Synchronizing metatags
Replies: 5
Views: 4946

Re: Synchronizing metatags

Hey, cool.

Yes, I keep my Dropbox folders in "the same place" on both computers, so it should just work. I'll give that a try.
by alanterra
Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:38 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Synchronizing metatags
Replies: 5
Views: 4946

Synchronizing metatags

Hi

Since an earlier posting was written in April 2017, Bookends seems to have implemented synchronizing reference colors (which I think of as status), which is great. This post also asked for synchronizing metatags, the response to which seemed to say "don't count on this happening."

I must say ...
by alanterra
Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:37 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Orphaned attachments/unattached attachments
Replies: 2
Views: 2901

Re: Orphaned attachments/unattached attachments

That is exactly what I need. I'll do it some time when I can wait for Bookends to finish.

Yes, I have found the references with orphans, and I am about to kill them ("No, don't kill the orphans!") as I have convinced myself that they were orphaned in Sente, and not somehow lost in the import.
by alanterra
Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:42 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Orphaned attachments/unattached attachments
Replies: 2
Views: 2901

Orphaned attachments/unattached attachments

Hi

I have migrated from Sente, and there are (of course) lots of things to fix up.

For some reason I have a lot of orphaned attachments (orphaned = references for which Bookends thinks that it should have an attachment, but can't find the attachment), which I think are mostly missing from my ...
by alanterra
Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:07 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Full screen on secondary screen seems broken
Replies: 11
Views: 10262

Re: Full screen on secondary screen seems broken

Hi freney. I think what you are seeing is consistent with what I saw.
by alanterra
Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:06 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Is there a way to mark a paper as "read"?
Replies: 11
Views: 12975

Re: Is there a way to mark a paper as "read"?

I have always "marked as read" using a status. (I'm a recent convert from Sente, and I brought my statuses over). I find that there are nuances on reading (did I read it carefully?, did I read it and take good notes?, did I read it before or after I made my earth-shattering discovery?) and a check ...
by alanterra
Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:12 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Spaces in metatags
Replies: 2
Views: 2627

Spaces in metatags

Hi

I don't think that this issue is addressed in the manual or here. Although the discussion of metatags makes it look like they allow you search for a bunch of keywords, it turns out that they match keywords by matching words in the keywords, not by matching the entire keyword string.

For ...