[Skim-app-users] How do I keep all Skim notes when I want to reinstall the operating system (including hdd format) ?

[j***@yahoo.com]

I just thought about what could happen with my Skim notes if I reinstalled my operatying system.I believe those won't be saved, as installing an OS is not the same with upgrading.
And if I have lots of pdf files with notes, how could I save all of them in an easier way ?
Thank you, G 

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[Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]]

G:

> I just thought about what could happen with my Skim notes if I
> reinstalled my operatying system. I believe those won't be saved,
> as installing an OS is not the same with upgrading.

Here's a script I got that embeds the notes into the PDF:

https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/ftp/skimembed

Having done that the PDF should be then system independent.

> And if I have lots of pdf files with notes, how could I save all of
> them in an easier way ?

For one directory, you could make a loop (using the Terminal, tcsh):

foreach pdf (`ls *.pdf`)
skimembed $pdf
end

Tom

Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
http://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link)
http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)

[Christiaan Hofman]

You can also embed the notes using the Export menu command. Or you can make sure the notes are backed up in a .skim file by exporting Skim notes separately. This can be done automatically whenever you save the PDF using the preference option.

Christiaan

> On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:41, Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E] <***@mail.nih.gov> wrote:
>
> G:
>
> > I just thought about what could happen with my Skim notes if I
> > reinstalled my operatying system. I believe those won't be saved,
> > as installing an OS is not the same with upgrading.
>
> Here's a script I got that embeds the notes into the PDF:
>
> https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/ftp/skimembed <https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/ftp/skimembed>
>
> Having done that the PDF should be then system independent.
>
> > And if I have lots of pdf files with notes, how could I save all of
> > them in an easier way ?
>
> For one directory, you could make a loop (using the Terminal, tcsh):
>
> foreach pdf (`ls *.pdf`)
> skimembed $pdf
> end
>
> Tom