I have been maintaining a library for years using different solutions (ProCite, Endnote, Bookends, etc.). I have recently gone back to Endnote X6, which has successfully imported all my references from my previous solution, but without the .pdf attachments. The .pdfs are stored in a directory and are sequentially numbered to correspond with the “Label” field in each Endnote reference of my library.
My question is, how can I associate (import?) my .pdf files with existing Endnote references? Is there an AppleScript that can do it? I have about 4000 references in my library; I need to associate about half of those with .pdfs I have stored in an external folder.
I know about the Import feature, which will create new references for each imported .pdf. But that’s not what I’m looking for (that would essentailly duplicate my library, and I would lose many notes associated with several of my existing references).