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Since your EndNote library lives on your C:/ it is imperative that you get into the regular habit of both syncing your files to your online account as well as backing up your library to the secondary hard drive.
Save a compressed library to an external hard drive, a flash drive, or your M: drive at DMU.
Do not back up any files to a cloud syncing folder such as OneDrive, iCloud, GoogleDrive, etc.
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EndNote 20 and earlier users:
You can use the Sync feature to move your library to another computer with EndNote installed. The following simple procedure does not involve transferring any files.
NOTE: You should only do this if you have formatted documents. When the library is synced to the new computer, the contents of the library will be the same, but the record numbers will be different. All you have to do is open each of your documents and run the "Update Citations and Bibliography" command. EndNote will update the document to associate the references with records in the library.
If you are using a word processor that does not support Cite While You Write and/or your documents only contain temporary citations, you should follow the steps described below to transfer your library.
Compress Library for EndNote X and later users:
You can save your complete library (the filename.enl file as well as its associated .Data folder and all of its contents) to a single compressed filename.enlx file in order to easily back up your library or send a copy to a colleague. Later, you can easily restore (unzip) the compressed library with EndNote. Note: This will only work if everyone is using EndNote X or later.
To save to a compressed library file:
To restore a compressed library file: