How to back up preferences and custom recipes?

greenapple · 03-28-2010, 08:54 PM

I've been using Calibre primarily for format conversion and RSS downloading. I need to do a backup of the preferences and custom recipes I made. However I can't find the relevant files in the Calibre folders where they are stored. I've searched under "program files" and "appdata", but didn't have much luck.

Could anyone give me some pointers where I should look and which files I should save, in case when I need to restore them? Thanks.

itimpi · 03-28-2010, 09:57 PM

The Calibre preferences are stored under your profile. On Windows 7 this would be under \users\username\appdata\roaming\calibre. I believe that custom recipies are stored in the metadata.db file.

greenapple · 03-28-2010, 10:20 PM

Thanks very much! I'll back up the data as advised.

kovidgoyal · 03-29-2010, 05:08 AM

You can also find the calibre preference files by going to Preferences->advanced within calibre itself.

03-28-2010, 08:54 PM	#1
greenapple Addict Posts: 347 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: jetBook, iRiver Story, Kindle 3	How to back up preferences and custom recipes? I've been using Calibre primarily for format conversion and RSS downloading. I need to do a backup of the preferences and custom recipes I made. However I can't find the relevant files in the Calibre folders where they are stored. I've searched under "program files" and "appdata", but didn't have much luck. Could anyone give me some pointers where I should look and which files I should save, in case when I need to restore them? Thanks.

03-29-2010, 05:08 AM	#4
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,475 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can also find the calibre preference files by going to Preferences->advanced within calibre itself. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

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itimpi Wizard Posts: 3,584 Karma: 549131 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (stanza/iBooks/QuickReader)	The Calibre preferences are stored under your profile. On Windows 7 this would be under \users\username\appdata\roaming\calibre. I believe that custom recipies are stored in the metadata.db file.

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greenapple Addict Posts: 347 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: jetBook, iRiver Story, Kindle 3	Thanks very much! I'll back up the data as advised.


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