How do I generate a verbose log file with Mendeley Desktop?
Mendeley has a facility to generate to a ‘verbose log’ which includes all the data sent to and received from Mendeley Web during a sync. In order to get Mendeley Desktop to generate a verbose log file, you need to run it with the “–verbose-log” command line option. To use this option in Windows: • Create a new shortcut to Mendeley Desktop • Right click on it, and select ‘Properties’ • Change to the ‘Shortcut’ tab • At the end of the “Target” box, add ” –verbose-log” For example, the target box may contain something like: “C:\Program Files\Mendeley Desktop\MendeleyDesktop.exe” –verbose-log • Close and run Mendeley Desktop using that shortcut To use this option on Mac OS X: • Open up an instance of Terminal.app • Navigate to where Mendeley Desktop is installed by entering: cd /Applications/Mendeley\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/ • Run Mendeley Desktop like so: ./Mendeley\ Desktop –verbose-log On Linux: • Open up a terminal, such as gnome-terminal or konsole. • If you installed the Debi
