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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
First the Main Toolbar, before the lastest update when I told the main toolbar that I didn't want to see Fetch News because I don't read the news if I can avoid it, the Fetch News Button would go away.
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There are multiple toolbars/menus you can customize. When you're at the preferences - toolbars window use the small dropdown arrow to the right to select which toolbar/menu you wish to modify. It would seem you modified the main toolbar not the toolbar when a device is connected.
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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
but I can only choose one device and can't figure out how to choose both.
Am I doing something wrong or is this not something the program can handle?
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You can only deal with once device connected at a time.
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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
Third I have my options set to save Meta Data in the file rather than as a separate file, however it continues to make a Meta Data File and when I open a mobi or epub file I've only edited the meta data in with Calibre none of the changes I made are present outside of the calibre program.
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The options you are referring to are in reference to exporting books from calibre using the save to disk feature and have nothing to do with books within the calibre library itself. Metadata of books in the library are not updated until the book is converted from format to format, or exported from calibre.
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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
I've taken to using additional applications to edit meta data and the only one I've found for mobi files doesn't offer options like series information. Why isn't it changing anywhere except in Callibre?
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No need to use another application to update metadata. Metadata is updated when a book is exported from calibre using the Send to Device, Save to Disk, Connect to Folder or the Content Server. These features are the acceptable way of exporting books from the calibre library. Metadata is also updated in a book upon conversion, even a epub to epub conversion will update the metadata in the book. Using a file manager to move the book out of the calibre library will not update the metadata in the file itself.
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Fourth I have my save to disk set to author-series-series index- title but it continues to import the books and resave them as title-author. I'd like for the file names to be Author name last then first, series information, series number then title but no matter how much I fiddle it doesn't seem to want to listen to me.
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Save to disk option is for books being exported from the library. The books within the calibre library are not user configurable, read
this sticky post for more info.
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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
Fifth where do I put the ISBN info in the Meta Data?
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In the edit metadata window the isbn can be added to the ids field using this example as a guide isbn:9781101188644. This field is often automatically updated when you download metadata. Alternatively the
Extract ISBN plugin can look inside the book and often extract the ISBN and populate the ids field with the found info.
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Originally Posted by jscarpa14
Finally I was told you could change the folder format Calibre saves in as in instead of having thousands of author files with title files inside leading to a mass of folders you could have it save to more general files.
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As stated above
the calibre library is not user configurable.
Good Luck.