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Migrating from Mendeley

Mendeley exports BibTeX and RIS; Ad Marginem reads both.

Export from Mendeley

  1. In Mendeley Reference Manager, select the items you want to export (or pick a collection).
  2. File → Export → BibTeX or RIS.
  3. If you want PDFs to come along, export from the Mendeley Desktop legacy client (still works for the file metadata) — the cloud-only Reference Manager no longer exports attachments directly.

Import into Ad Marginem

  1. Settings → Data → Import.
  2. Drop the BibTeX or RIS file.
  3. Add PDFs separately via drag-and-drop into the matching items, or use the bulk-attach workflow under Library → Bulk Actions → Attach PDFs which matches PDFs to items by title.

Notes

  • Mendeley’s “favorite” flag maps to Ad Marginem’s star.
  • Read/unread state maps onto Ad Marginem’s read-status field.
  • Mendeley personal tags carry over.
  • Group library memberships do not come across (Ad Marginem doesn’t have group libraries in the MVP — F#73).