#168

I would try a few things (which unfortunately require to temporarily delete/move out of your vault your notes):

    1. Delete the literature notes from your vault, but keep the plugin on pointing to the the large json → if Obsidian is slow then the problem is the plugin reading that large bibliography file.This problem was reported by somebody in the past but it occurred only when searching a specific note.
    1. deactivate the plugin but keep all your existing notes in the current folder → if Obsidian is slow then the problem is in the content/format of the notes → if so moves to 3
    1. there may be a few things in your note that slow down Obsidian beyond the mere number. Something that comes to mind is the presence/number of metadata fields/Dataview fields to be indexed. Or maybe the interaction with other plugins that are embedded in the note (e.g. @Kabo mentioned the admonition plugin, in that case you could try using the plain template or a custom template)
#169

I cannot get my notes in Obsidian to update when I add anything to the annotations or notes in Zotero. I have to delete the note in Obsidian and create the note again using the “Create literature note” command. Am I doing something wrong?

#170

Every time I click Bibnotes: Update library I get this

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Nothing gets added to the folder. Is there something wrong? I did everything as you said

#171

that is also what my screen looks like when I update. but nothing updates.

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#172

There is a setting that controls the behaviour of the “update library” control. By default it only updates notes that are already present in Obsidian. You can change that and it will generate notes that are not present already in Obsidian. I wonder if this is what is going on in this case.

#173

When I first tried it, I set it to “Create new notes when missing”, but the same happened. The Zotero file is inside the vault which is in my icloud folder.
These are my plugins:

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#174

I have my Obsidian in iCloud like you and get the same issue. But I figured out why: the problem is that the json file is not always synchronized, meaning it is in the cloud but not on your computer. You have to click on it on the Finder and download it, then you can try to update your repository in Obsidian. In my case, it works.

I wonder if a solution would be to place the vault outside iCloud, but then you would it only local.

I don’t know about ways to “tell” iCloud to leave folders always on you computer. I guess this is one of the big pitfalls of iCloud.

#176

It makes complete sense. I tried de-optimizing iCloud storage, it downloaded all files, removed download and downloaded again but it didn’t seem to work. That’s strange, I’m thinking it could be an issue with the path, but it seems alright

#177

did you solve this issue? Because I’m having the same problem, but also with vanilla obsidian theme

#178

This is 100% not true, an urban legend about iCloud. There is and there has always been an option to have files fully downloaded to the Mac. Go to System Preferences, then Apple ID, and make sure that “Optimize Mac Storage” is not ticked.

#179

You are 100% right! I just meant there is not an option to choose which folders to upload and which not. It is an all-or-nothing alternative, which is for me not feasible, since I have too many files and a brutally small storage (250 GB) in my MacBook.

#180

Yeah well. Apple’s SSD prices are just extortionate so I hear you

#181

No this is still an issue for me…

#182

Created an issue on GitHub: Selecting: "Update Library" does nothing · Issue #58 · stefanopagliari/bibnotes · GitHub
For me, at least, it happens with any theme

#183

Hello,

Is there any way to get Zotero IDs of a given item, as a value to use in template ?

e.g. : In this URI : zotero://open-pdf/library/items/DWDDHZU3, ID is DWDDHZU3.

It could be used as {{zoteroID[i]}} where i is the attachment number of a given Zotero item.

I would like to add my Zotero storage inside my vault : Zotero IDs would allow to get a cross-platform relative path to my PDFs.

Thanks !

#184

Sorry to bother you all again, but the problem is still haunting me. Obsidian works very slow as soon as Bibnotes download all literature notes from Zotero. I put the folder of literature notes outside the vault, and then it works as usual. The plugin is still working, so I guess the problem is what I was afraid of: Obsidian can’t handle well a big amount of notes. Or maybe it is another plugin that makes Obsidian work like a snail when there are too many files in the vault. I don’t know. Maybe somebody who has had the same experience can help me? Otherwise I have to find another solution to use Zotero with Obsidian.

#185

A very excellent plugin!

A very basic question. How to achieve the function “Additional Highlight Formatting”? I mean, for example, I want to add reading a reference paper to my todo list as your workflow, firstly, I highlight a paper name, then next step I need to do is that add “todo check this article” to the review?

#186

when i use this button：Create/Update Literature Note . the obsidian can not find anything from my library.

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when i choose this buttion: update library
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please tell me how to do to fix this problem? thx

#187

ADD+ My OS is Win 10 /Zotero 6.0 beta/Obsidian v0.13.31
Many thanks for your help

#188

Fortunately, I found a solution, By carefully reading the manual. the Josn file needs to be set as a relative path, which is obviously different from the setting of the citation plug-in.
it’s a magic tool for me ,thanks

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