Copying "Calibre Settings" from Calibre Win7 to new OSX 10.8 installation

[SeanKSeanK]

Greetings,

I'm lucky enough to have access to a subtantial number of ebooks from work (IT related) and have accumulated a number of ebooks in disparate formats since starting to read them on a Palm Pilot (aging myself here.)

I have been a user of Caliber for some time; it's a great tool for organizing thousands of ebooks. I had been using the portable version on Win7 as it had been a bit easier for keeping and backing up my library.

I've just gotten a Mac laptop after using mostly Win and Linux machines for 15 years and am trying to transfer my books and fairly extensive custom metdata to the new beast.



My problem is this: it's fairly clear where I put the "Calibre Library" folder on the Mac; where to I put the "Calibre Settings" folder?

I'm concerned about doing this incorrectly and losing the custom metadata.

Many thanks,

SK

[theducks]

Originally Posted by SeanKSeanK

Greetings,

I'm lucky enough to have access to a subtantial number of ebooks from work (IT related) and have accumulated a number of ebooks in disparate formats since starting to read them on a Palm Pilot (aging myself here.)

I have been a user of Caliber for some time; it's a great tool for organizing thousands of ebooks. I had been using the portable version on Win7 as it had been a bit easier for keeping and backing up my library.

I've just gotten a Mac laptop after using mostly Win and Linux machines for 15 years and am trying to transfer my books and fairly extensive custom metdata to the new beast.



My problem is this: it's fairly clear where I put the "Calibre Library" folder on the Mac; where to I put the "Calibre Settings" folder?

I'm concerned about doing this incorrectly and losing the custom metadata.

Many thanks,

SK

Your custom metadata is IN the Library folder (metadata.db)

Preferences includes your user settings, plugins and their settings

If calibre has been installed:
Preferences: Miscellaneous: click the button;
LEAVE THE FOLDER OPEN
Shutdown Calibre
Replace the contents with your backup (from the old system)
Run Calibre (adjust the Library location setting if asked

[SeanKSeanK]

Originally Posted by theducks

Your custom metadata is IN the Library folder (metadata.db)

Preferences includes your user settings, plugins and their settings

If calibre has been installed:
Preferences: Miscellaneous: click the button;
LEAVE THE FOLDER OPEN
Shutdown Calibre
Replace the contents with your backup (from the old system)
Run Calibre (adjust the Library location setting if asked

That makes sense; I'll give it a whirl and let you know what I find!

Thanks,

SK

[SeanKSeanK]

Originally Posted by theducks

Your custom metadata is IN the Library folder (metadata.db)

Preferences includes your user settings, plugins and their settings

If calibre has been installed:
Preferences: Miscellaneous: click the button;
LEAVE THE FOLDER OPEN
Shutdown Calibre
Replace the contents with your backup (from the old system)
Run Calibre (adjust the Library location setting if asked

Just to make sure I understand: I don't need to do anything with the Calibre Portable "Calibre Settings" folder?

Thanks,

SK

[SeanKSeanK]

I think I have it now; the metadata is as you said. The "settings" folder is for plugins??

[SeanKSeanK]

CORRECTION:

You already said this before; apologies that I didn't spot it initially.

I assume I need to reinstall all plugins and that there isn't a way to export them?

Many thanks,

SK

[theducks]

Originally Posted by SeanKSeanK

CORRECTION:

You already said this before; apologies that I didn't spot it initially.

I assume I need to reinstall all plugins and that there isn't a way to export them?

Many thanks,

SK

The Jury is out on weter you neewd to 'install' the plugins again
*IF*
you copied the entire contents of Configuration... You copied allo the installed PI and their configurations