Deleting references on Mac

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Hi All,

I have a client running EndNote X4.0.2 on Mac OS X (10.6.8) and he cannot delete references.

I have done a search online and so far I have tried recovering the library and deleting the preference file.  It might be worth adding that the file he was working with was saved as a .enlp file (a packed file that macs can make).  ‘Normal’ endnote files are .enl.

Couldn’t see an answer to this in the Forum.  Thankyou

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Hello Tony,

I haven’t heard of this problem using ENLP files on a Macintosh with EndNote.

If the user resaves the library without using the Save as Package option, does the same issue occur?

You should be able to use the “Save a Copy” option to save a non-package version.

Where is the actual ENLP file located on that machine?

Is the ENLP file locked?  Or, perhaps in a locked folder?

Does any of this help?

Please let us know.

Thanks!

Steve

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Thanks Steve, I’ll get back to the client and see how she goes.  I’ll get back.

Cheers,

Tony

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so how do you delete referenes? I have 1600 refs that I accidently downloaded…I want to delete them all, Nothing works!!! I cant delete any of them

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First make a backup copy of your library by using the “Save a Copy” command under the File menu.

Once you have the backup of the libary, select the references you wish to delete. You can use command+click to select multiple non-contguous references in the library window.

After you have selected the references you wish to delete, click on References > Move References to Trash.

You can also use the command+d keyboard combination or drag and drop the selected references to the Trash group.