Ah, this is great. I was looking at doing exactly that (modifying the plist file) this morning - it lasts while Papers is frozen and waiting to be quit. It does indeed seem to be an internal check by Papers - I have already emailed them that adding 'support' for Scrivener 3 would only be a matter of adding a single line of code. Perhaps some more emails their way puts some pressure on the case.
Alternatively, the Alfred workflow seems interesting. Thanks for sharing that!
Papers 3 citations working in Scrivener 3?
06nH wrote:I have just been told that Papers 3 will see an update 'in the next week or so'. Fingers crossed this will sort us out.
I heard that before! There are a few bugs in annotating and highlighting in Papers that should also be fixed by the long awaited update.
barbudo wrote:A new version has been released (3.4.12) but the problem persist.
I was so happy to see the update, anticipating it would resolve the issue. But alas. I also noticed it was built on 22 November, so not much could have been done I suppose. It would help if everyone that would like this resolved posts at their forum: http://support.readcube.com/support/discussions/topics/30000000605 and email their helpdesk. It is being read, although you may not get a response.
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pachydermfortresspa
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After the recent Papers update to 3.4.12 (550) which didn't fix Scrivener 3, I emailed Papers support on the issue I had open with them, detailing the simple .plist fix as well. In reply they tried to sell me their paid Readcube app instead. 
I'm not sure they're actually going to add support for Scrivener 3, or indeed any upcoming Microsoft Word 365 updates (I'm on the Insider Slow ring, the build of which Papers no longer recognises, at least for me...)
I'm not sure they're actually going to add support for Scrivener 3, or indeed any upcoming Microsoft Word 365 updates (I'm on the Insider Slow ring, the build of which Papers no longer recognises, at least for me...)
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pachydermfortresspa
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Nope, the links they provided were to their current Readcube Desktop offering, and in the email they said:
Frankly I was shocked and dismayed they suggested it and replied as such. I have hundreds of thousands of words written in Scrivener that I was hoping to export to Word and then generate, but now Papers doesn't work in either program... (though I guess this is my fault for being on the bleeding edge
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ReadCube, like Papers, is a reference manager but has been written using entirely different code and may be more successful for you
Frankly I was shocked and dismayed they suggested it and replied as such. I have hundreds of thousands of words written in Scrivener that I was hoping to export to Word and then generate, but now Papers doesn't work in either program... (though I guess this is my fault for being on the bleeding edge
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mgmcalistermg
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This is so frustrating. I've built an entire dissertation using Scrivener with Papers 3 and now Papers 3 is worthless. Is there a work around that gets the citekey function of Papers 3 back in play? I've never messed with the code of a software package so go easy on me.
Shouldn’t the easiest way be to go back to Scrivener 2 until the thesis is done?
I am a user, writing non-fiction and science, using:
* Mac Scrivener 3 on a Macbook 12”, MacBook Pro 13”, and iMac 27”, running different OS.
* iOS Scrivener 1 on an iPhone 11 Pro, iPad Air 9.7”, and iPad Pro 12.9”, all running the latest iOS
* Mac Scrivener 3 on a Macbook 12”, MacBook Pro 13”, and iMac 27”, running different OS.
* iOS Scrivener 1 on an iPhone 11 Pro, iPad Air 9.7”, and iPad Pro 12.9”, all running the latest iOS
pachydermfortress wrote:I have hundreds of thousands of words written in Scrivener that I was hoping to export to Word and then generate, but now Papers doesn't work in either program...
I know it does not help you, but at least you have saved me by mentioning your process. I am planning to do the same, but should absolutely not update Word anymore, I'll make sure to turn off automatic updates. I am running version 15.40 and it works there, it that is of any help. And indeed, roll back to Scrivener 2 until you have finished the thesis.
There is a fix. But it does have a side effect. You won't be able to restart Papers. If you do need to restart Papers, for whatever reason, you first have to delete the line I'll tell you to add here. Mind you, I haven't tried it myself, but since it comes from Papers support, I doubt it won't work
You have to edit the AppSupportInformation.plist file that you find in
/Applications/Papers.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/Resources
Add this line
com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3
It should work after that
You have to edit the AppSupportInformation.plist file that you find in
/Applications/Papers.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/Resources
Add this line
com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3
It should work after that
marcoiac wrote: but since it comes from Papers support, I doubt it won't work
That solution was proposed on this forum, so it is interesting that Papers support now provide that as an option. It is basically a hack of their own software. I thought it used to freeze Papers after you did it, but on trying it now it is still working. Could be done in a little script I suppose that copies the original plist back, starts Papers and then modifies it.
You can build a script for launch Papers 3, wait few seconds and then copy your modified version of AppSupportInformation.plist
Also, I’ve created an automator service that restore the original version of AppSupportInformation.plist before quit. To prevent an improper exit of Papers 3 I’ve overwritten the Command+Q shortcut to invoke this service. It’s mandatory to assign a new shortcut to regular exit (the standard Command+Q), in my case I’ve chosen Alt+Command+Q.
I hope this workaround can help you.
Also, I’ve created an automator service that restore the original version of AppSupportInformation.plist before quit. To prevent an improper exit of Papers 3 I’ve overwritten the Command+Q shortcut to invoke this service. It’s mandatory to assign a new shortcut to regular exit (the standard Command+Q), in my case I’ve chosen Alt+Command+Q.
I hope this workaround can help you.
cwerner wrote:This is an issue with Papers3. You can actually make it work (temporarily) with simply adding one line that includes the new app-ID of Scrivener3 into:
/Applications/Papers.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/Resources/AppSupportInformation.plist
There, you have:Code: Select all
<key>SupportsInsertionOfCitations</key>
<array>
<string>com.literatureandlatte.scrivener</string>
<string>com.literatureandlatte.scrivener2</string>
Simply adding:<string>com.literatureandlatte.scrivener3</string>
will enable it again, but Papers3 will not restart due to this modification being detected...
Sucks really.
Is there any way to make Scrivener report a fake app-ID?
AFAIK it is only Magic Citations that is broken. You can still go into the open Papers app, copy the citation in Papers format and paste it into Scrivener. Once you export into Word, you can still format your citations using Papers. I suspect that this is as good as you are going to get out of Papers now. Its why I jumped to Bookends.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.