{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZotPlus/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/192","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZotPlus/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/192/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZotPlus/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/192/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ZotPlus/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/192/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ZotPlus/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/192","id":78855267,"number":192,"title":"Cannot export pdf files from zotero collection","user":{"login":"cjpoor","id":9027679,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9027679?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor","html_url":"https://github.com/cjpoor","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/cjpoor/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-05-21T06:32:55Z","updated_at":"2015-05-21T06:32:55Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Report ID: http://is.gd/lo2TJ5\r\n\r\n\r\nI tried using Better BibTex to export a collection from zotero for Firefox. \r\n\r\nThe export stalled for 6 hours.\r\n\r\nThe collection has 281 items, some of which are books, and most of which have pdf files attached. Most, if not all. attachments are in the zotero database attached to my Firefox profile.\r\n\r\nSystem: Macbook Air 2014; OS X 10.10.3; Firefox 38.0.1; Zotero 4.0.26.4; Zotero Better Bib(La)Tex 0.9.31\r\n\r\n***************************************** \r\n\r\nOther Add-ons and extensions: \r\n\r\nAd-blocker for Gmail\t2.8.3\ttrue\tjid0-AocRXUCRsLTCYvn6bgJERnwfuqw@jetpack\r\nAdblock Plus\t2.6.9\ttrue\t{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}\r\nAlpheios Basic Libraries\t1.0beta2.4231.20130301\ttrue\t{4816253c-3208-49d8-9557-0745a5508299}\r\nAlpheios Greek Tools\t1.0beta2.4278.20140427\ttrue\t{0f1d7e06-6ce8-40b0-83f0-9783ee65ab9b}\r\nBookmark Duplicate Cleaner\t0.2\ttrue\tbookmarkdup@localghost.net\r\nbug506507(Preserve the order of bookmarks)\t3.0\ttrue\tbug506507@alice\r\nbug625778 (bookmarks contextmenu should work)\t2.0\ttrue\tbug625778@alice0775\r\nCACert Root Certificate\t0.1\ttrue\tjid1-C86cNe1crgj9bw@jetpack\r\nChange Bookmark Recent Folder List Length\t1.1.0\ttrue\tchange-bookmark-folder-list-length@makyen.foo\r\nCompress Bookmarks Bar\t0.1\ttrue\tcompressbbar@simonwo.net\r\nDownload Manager (S3)\t3.11\ttrue\ts3download@statusbar\r\nDownThemAll!\t2.0.18\ttrue\t{DDC359D1-844A-42a7-9AA1-88A850A938A8}\r\nDuckDuckGo Plus\t0.4.6\ttrue\tjid1-ZAdIEUB7XOzOJw@jetpack\r\nEPUBReader\t1.5.0.6\ttrue\t{5384767E-00D9-40E9-B72F-9CC39D655D6F}\r\nGhostery\t5.4.5\ttrue\tfirefox@ghostery.com\r\nGoogle Scholar Button\t1.1\ttrue\tbutton@scholar.google.com\r\nLeechBlock\t0.6.7.1\ttrue\t{a95d8332-e4b4-6e7f-98ac-20b733364387}\r\nlist.it\t0.5.1.3\ttrue\tlistit@csail.mit.edu\r\nLocal Filesystem Links\t0.99.25\ttrue\tjid1-JAzC7z53jemo5Q@jetpack\r\nLocalLink\t0.5\ttrue\t{15756614-ffb8-498b-b961-bce537ea94fe}\r\nLyZ\t2.1.7.1-signed\ttrue\tlyz@zotero.org\r\nNoScript\t2.6.9.22\ttrue\t{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}\r\nPasswordMaker\t1.7.8\ttrue\t{5872365e-67d1-4afd-9480-fd293bebd20d}\r\nPatchForLibrary\t7.1\ttrue\t{D9A7CBEC-DE1A-444f-A092-844461596C50}\r\nSave-To-Read\t0.4.2\ttrue\tsave2read@konstantin.plotnikov\r\nSaved From URL\t1.4.20110629\ttrue\t{be102f2d-bf47-49db-8dcc-a2ccd1c8d376}\r\nSaved Password Editor\t2.9\ttrue\tsavedpasswordeditor@daniel.dawson\r\nSession Manager\t0.8.1.6\ttrue\t{1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}\r\nTerms of Service; 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