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Accessing and editing BibDesk library on iOS

jemscottjemscott
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Has anyone found a way to do this short of typing in details as a text file? I’ve tried the ‘References’ app, but it’s read only so not really much use for my purposes. Thanks for any thoughts.

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  • AndyAndy

    I use BibDesk, but I'm not a fan of iOS, so I do all my work on Macs. I don't know of any BibDesk-compatible editor for iOS. If you need a cross-platform reference manager, it may be a good idea to switch to Zotero + Better BibTeX for Zotero, which is a very nice system.

  • jemscottjemscott

    Thanks, Andy. I’ll investigate.

  • ctietzectietze

    @jemscott What are your needs for such an app? I've pondered why they don't exist over the years as well but never needed a reference manager on my phone, so I can't relate (or maybe that's the answer why :))

    Author at Zettelkasten.de • https://christiantietze.de/

  • jemscottjemscott

    Hi, Christian. Basically, I do quite a lot of work on an iPad when out and about (libraries, trains and so on), so it would be great to be able to add to and edit my BibDesk file in those contexts. Yeah, it’s odd that no one has come up with anything, isn’t’t it?

  • mjknghtmjknght

    Hi all,

    There’s a great app called [References](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/references/id1481843213 References) that should do what you need. One nice thing about the app is that it can open Bibdesk URLs – so if you have those links anywhere in your notes, you can click through while on the iPad as well.

    Hope this helps!

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