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PeterT · 12-13-2013, 09:32 AM

@Josieb1:

There are two steps you can take; one will clean up thge existing duplicated shelves, the other will ensure that shelves are never again synced to Kobo.

calibre has available for it a plugin called Kobo Utilities.

With this plugin installed, and your Kobo attached, launch the plugin. (This will be dependent on where YOU selected to have the icon for the plugin added when you installed it).

From the plugins menu, select Database and then Fix Duplicate Shelves. The plugin will then display a list of shelves and how many occurences of each shelf are found. Select which shelves to delete, and then indicate whether to keep the oldest or newest shelf of each duplicated one. (I *think* that normally, you would want to keep the newest instance).

Next, decide whether or not to Purge the shelves from the database. If you decide to Purge, then the records are totally dropped from the Kobo; however, they will remain on the Kobo Server, and, unless the second bullet is done, will reappear. If you decide NOT to purge, then the next sync of your device to Kobo will also remove the duplicate records from their infrastructure.

Finally, press the OK button and watch the magic happen.
The option also exists to ensure that neither shelves nor their conrents (only Kobo format books) EVER sync to the Kobo servers.

To do this, with your Kobo attached to your computer, browse through the directories on it and find the .kobo\Kobo directory. (Note that under Linux and OS/X environments, the .kobo directory will be hidden due to the leading period). Within this directory will be a couple of files; the one you are concerned with is the Kobo eReader.conf file. This file contains various options that are used to control the device.

Open this file in a text editor (on Windows for instance, use Notepad, NOT Word or Write), and look for a line [ApplicationPreferences]. After this line, add a new line SyncShelves=false. Save the file, and disconnect the Kobo as usual.

The addition of this line will ensure that shelves do NOT get synced to the Kobo Cloud.

12-13-2013, 09:32 AM	#44
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,291 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	@Josieb1: There are two steps you can take; one will clean up thge existing duplicated shelves, the other will ensure that shelves are never again synced to Kobo. calibre has available for it a plugin called Kobo Utilities. With this plugin installed, and your Kobo attached, launch the plugin. (This will be dependent on where YOU selected to have the icon for the plugin added when you installed it). From the plugins menu, select Database and then Fix Duplicate Shelves. The plugin will then display a list of shelves and how many occurences of each shelf are found. Select which shelves to delete, and then indicate whether to keep the oldest or newest shelf of each duplicated one. (I think that normally, you would want to keep the newest instance). Next, decide whether or not to Purge the shelves from the database. If you decide to Purge, then the records are totally dropped from the Kobo; however, they will remain on the Kobo Server, and, unless the second bullet is done, will reappear. If you decide NOT to purge, then the next sync of your device to Kobo will also remove the duplicate records from their infrastructure. Finally, press the OK button and watch the magic happen. The option also exists to ensure that neither shelves nor their conrents (only Kobo format books) EVER sync to the Kobo servers. To do this, with your Kobo attached to your computer, browse through the directories on it and find the .kobo\Kobo directory. (Note that under Linux and OS/X environments, the .kobo directory will be hidden due to the leading period). Within this directory will be a couple of files; the one you are concerned with is the Kobo eReader.conf file. This file contains various options that are used to control the device. Open this file in a text editor (on Windows for instance, use Notepad, NOT Word or Write), and look for a line [ApplicationPreferences]. After this line, add a new line SyncShelves=false. Save the file, and disconnect the Kobo as usual. The addition of this line will ensure that shelves do NOT get synced to the Kobo Cloud.