I'm still trying to figure out how to get my. So, thanks for being there and giving all the support along the way. Download Zotero 5.0 and browser Connector. Zotero DOES NOT work with Chromebooks or Office 365. It took about an hour, and I'm sure there is a better way out there somewhere, but anyway, this did work. The site will automatically detect your operating system (Win, Mac, Linux) and browser. Then, I saved it to Zotero, just as if I had taken it from the internet or something, took a 'Zotero picture', and then went onto the same file. Zotero is an add-on for Firefox that will greatly assist anyone with organizing and citing a variety of different sources, all automatically. Enter articles into the Zotero database using the Connector in Firefox. I clicked on that and the reference I wanted popped up in my new computer in the Zotero section. Inside each folder was one file with a firefox emblem, excuse me, icon. Instead, I used the chip and read all the folders, about a hundred of them probably, each referring to one of the references. Users may access their data from any computer that has Zotero installed. The connector will not work on Opera or Microsoft Explorer or Edge.

For some reason, I couldn't copy it, I kept getting messages while it was copying so we gave up on that. Zotero has two parts: a standalone application, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux and the Zotero Connector browser extension, which is available for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. I copied that onto an external memory chip and plugged the chip into my new PC.

A whole bunch of files were exported to a file on my laptop. Whew! I did it! I didn't/couldn't do it the way you said, so I did it 'the hard way.' That is, I went to the Zotero program on my old laptop, clicked the little wheel that says 'Actions' and chose, Export Library.

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