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PocketGoddess · 02-18-2011, 11:15 AM

The title pretty much says it all. I'm going "to the cloud" as much as possible because I'm using multiple computers and want my content to be synced automatically between them. It's 2011, and I'm not going to email files to myself anymore, or try and remember to put things on a USB drive, etc.

So I moved my Calibre library to Dropbox, and everything is working flawlessly so far on my Vaio laptop. I also have a MacBook Air, and I want to use Calibre on it as well, pointing it to my Dropbox for the files.

Will this work well? It seems that Calibre reads the library "on the fly" each time I open the app, instead of relying on a separate database like iTunes.

Are there any hidden "gotchas" I need to know about before moving forward with the installation and use of Calibre on another computer?

Any and all help and advice is much appreciated.

02-18-2011, 11:15 AM	#1
PocketGoddess Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 654648 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Paperwhite, KSO, Nook, iPad	Using one Calibre Library (via Dropbox) on Multiple Computers The title pretty much says it all. I'm going "to the cloud" as much as possible because I'm using multiple computers and want my content to be synced automatically between them. It's 2011, and I'm not going to email files to myself anymore, or try and remember to put things on a USB drive, etc. So I moved my Calibre library to Dropbox, and everything is working flawlessly so far on my Vaio laptop. I also have a MacBook Air, and I want to use Calibre on it as well, pointing it to my Dropbox for the files. Will this work well? It seems that Calibre reads the library "on the fly" each time I open the app, instead of relying on a separate database like iTunes. Are there any hidden "gotchas" I need to know about before moving forward with the installation and use of Calibre on another computer? Any and all help and advice is much appreciated.