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by __jl__ 2706 days ago
For Zotero users: Try the add on zotfile (zotfile.com). It allows you to extract PDF annotations and save them as notes in Zotero (among other things). Full disclosure: I am the developer.
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Genuine question - why make zotfile and not adding things to Zotero directly? After all it is open source. Zotfile adds a lot of useful things that feel like they should be in the main program, not optional extras.

I'm not a programmer however, so this may be very naive question!

Hey.. I tried to reach out to you at your personal email address regarding collaboration between Zotfile and Polar and I never heard back.

https://getpolarized.io/

The idea was to have Polar also work with Zotfile since a lot of people use Zotfile.

Second this. I use zotfile to relocate all my PDFs into a single folder, which is Dropbox-synced. This works like a breeze for 2000+ and mounting papers.
Another very grateful Zotfile user who wants to say thank you for your hard work. I use it every day.
zotfile is a must-have for Zotero! Thank you for making it.
I love Zotero. Thanks.