01-21-2011, 10:11 PM | #16 |
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First update to the latest calibre, your version is very old. Second, turn off metadata reading for PDF files.
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01-21-2011, 10:27 PM | #17 |
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Thank you very much for the advice. It worked out perfectly. I will be sure to utilize the donate button to buy you a beer. |
01-21-2011, 10:31 PM | #18 | |
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I've only got a dual core Intel processor in my two year old laptop and when my son installed Calibre and a library the same size as yours it only took a few hours. But he used Calibre version 0.7.35 while you are using 0.7.18. Try updating to the latest version and see if it helps. I know I read somewhere that the newer versions sped up the handling of large libraries.
The newest version is 0.7.42 (which adds some nice new features btw). Get it here: http://calibre-ebook.com/download Quote:
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01-21-2011, 10:33 PM | #19 |
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Thanks IrishEyes , as it turns out it was just the old version. Is there a place to mark an issue as resolved on this board ?
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01-21-2011, 10:37 PM | #20 |
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Calibre runs on a 2G Celeron (1G Ram), XP SP3 when I need it.
My Normal is a P4-3.2GHz 800M FSB (no slouch in it's day ) Not Instant, but it gives me time to fill my coffee cup, pet the cats. |
01-23-2011, 06:22 PM | #21 |
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I am having a slow down also, on OSX, latest version, 4 gig of ram 3 year old laptop. It has gotten so bad that it is next to impossible to use. I will admit that the library has over 11,000 books at the moment. Just to do a search it takes a few min for it to return. Is there anything I can do, I hate to have to split the library up! I am assuming it is the number of books as it gets slower and slower all the time.
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01-24-2011, 12:07 AM | #22 | |
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I have found from experience that users saying they're running the latest version doesn't tell us anything. Are you running the current version 0.7.42? This can be seen in the status bar in lower left hand side of calibre.
After you add in some specifics other OSX users might be able to help out. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 01-24-2011 at 12:12 AM. |
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02-15-2011, 11:46 AM | #23 |
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What do you do with that many books?
Sorry, out of topic, but what do you do with thousands of books? You really don't read them, right? Like those MP3 files which are not listened to?
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02-15-2011, 11:55 AM | #24 |
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To the OP...
Your system seems fairly robust , except I would increase the memory to 4 gig minimum (if the operating system has to page into and out of your memory , it will throw usage to 100% ). It has also been shown that if your system needs to be defragmented , it will make a large difference ( specifically , the disk with Calibre library. But I would not neglect the OS disk as well. Good Luck! Last edited by Stumbl; 02-15-2011 at 11:56 AM. Reason: added page file info |
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