08-22-2013, 03:31 AM | #1 |
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Delete Orphaned Files on Device
I made some metadata (title, author, etc.) changes in Calibre to some books, and I re-added those books to my Nook to update the metadata for those books on my Nook, thinking Calibre would delete the file corresponding to the old metadata/filename/etc. and replace it with the new, but now my device has two files, corresponding to the old and new metadata. It seems the files corresponding to the old metadata have been orphaned. Is that true? Can Calibre delete these orphaned, old-metadata files? thanks
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08-22-2013, 09:20 AM | #2 | |
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After the job wheel has stopped, the ones without Tick Marks are the ones Calibre did not match up with the current library (caution: there are many reasons, including the one you gave). Select and delete. |
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08-23-2013, 03:44 AM | #3 | |
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Calibre doesn't have a feature to delete duplicated books? I seem to remember there was an add-on for that. thanks Last edited by Geremia; 08-23-2013 at 03:55 AM. |
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08-23-2013, 03:51 AM | #4 |
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True (detected) duplicate books on the device show as (2 books) next to the tick in the 'On Device' column. Click the column header to sort those together
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08-23-2013, 03:59 AM | #5 | |
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Duplicates are the same book (ID) Doubles (I made this name up) are 2 different copies of the same title There is a Find Duplicates PI that will help locate these in you Library I know if you right click a title in the regular Library view, Delete offers you choices , I don't remember seeing those options in find duplicates Last edited by theducks; 08-23-2013 at 09:00 AM. Reason: typos fixed |
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auto-deleting duplicates
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08-23-2013, 10:41 PM | #7 | |
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08-23-2013, 10:43 PM | #8 |
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Sure you can, the delete action pops up a confirmation dialog that shows the full path tot he files being deleted.
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08-24-2013, 12:49 PM | #9 |
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Yes, for an individual record, but I'm looking for an automated way of doing it for all duplicates in the whole library. I'll have to look for that plugin mentioned here. thanks
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