Library archiving for size larger than 4 GB

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Hi,

When I tried to sync with my new Endnote X6. I had a weird error message (Endnote cannot save or create this file. Make sure the disk you want to save the file on is not full, write-protected, or damaged.) and it turns out that it is an issue with the size of the library that cannot be archived. I would suggest to overcome such a limitation (the OS zip support of windows or mac enable to compress the lib of more than 4GB). Indeed, it is now likely current to get a library bigger with attached pdf and it is unfortunate that neither the error message state clearly the issue and more importantly, that a 4 GB limit exist.

Is this limitation supposed to be removed in future updates of X6 or on a longer timescale (any idea of it?).

Thank you for your answer

Jacques

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Hello Jacques,

Our EndNote built in compression is based on the .ZIP format compression, and likely one of the most commonly used formats.  The .ZIP format has a built in limitation of 4GB.

It’s actually not an EndNote limitation, but rather a limitation of the .ZIP compression format being used.

And while it may be possible that the compression format used may change in a future version of the software, I am not aware of any plans to do so.

As an alternative, you can use the “Save a Copy” option from the File menu to create a copy of your library in a safe location, or an alternate compression utility with a less limited capacity to compress the .DATA folder and .ENL file for the library. 

I do hope this helps.

Thanks!  :slight_smile:

Steve