#Chrome zotero out of date update#

If you ever used Firefox's “Refresh Firefox” feature, you can also look for your Zotero data in a 'zotero' folder folder located in the “Old Firefox Data” folder on your desktop. If you find one, check the timestamp of the zotero.sqlite file and confirm that there's a 'storage' directory with other directories below it, corresponding to the range of dates that you added items to Zotero. Then find your Zotero profile directory and/or Firefox profile directory and look for a 'zotero' subdirectory. (Again, this will generally be “Zotero” within your home directory, but it could also be 'zotero' within your Zotero profile directory.) Otherwise, to restore your data manually, first identify your current Zotero data directory from the Advanced → Files and Folders pane of the Zotero preferences. If you used Zotero for Firefox at any point in the past, your data may be stored in the Firefox profile directory, and you may need to temporarily disable security software so that Zotero can access that directory on startup and offer to restore your data. In that way, Zotero will automatically save the link in the browser of your computer and you can see all the links you saved in the Zotero library.

#Chrome zotero out of date update#

If Zotero 5.0 then syncs with your online library, it will update that database, but if your online library is out of date - for example, if you haven't synced in several months - you could still end up with missing local data. To use the Zotero Connector to save references to a website, you just need to go to a website that you want to save a reference to, and click on the Zotero icon. In some cases, Zotero may not copy the correct directory and instead either create a new data directory or migrate the data directory from the wrong profile, potentially leaving you with an empty or outdated database. (See Zotero Data for the default location on your platform.) If you previously used both Zotero for Firefox and Zotero Standalone and chose not to share a data directory, you may have a Zotero database in both profile directories, and Zotero will automatically use whichever database was modified more recently.

When you first start Zotero 5.0, it attempts to migrate your data directory to a new default location, a “Zotero” directory in your home directory.

Zotero 4.0 and earlier stored data by default in a 'zotero' directory within either the Zotero profile directory or the Firefox profile directory.