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Originally Posted by paulsalter
thanks for update, but, I am getting confused now over this
I have about 10 GB free on my iPod
Kobo app is using about 200 MB
This should easily allow my full library to be stored on the device (only 24 books at the moment), it has currently removed 5 books from device due to not enough space
this new update is much better as its only removed the books from the device and not my library, just can't see how it only stores so few
not a complaint, fairly happy with new version, just trying to understand it
sorry if these are dumb questions or would be more suited to an apple forum
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Not dumb questions at all.
So, we'll take it we are running iOS 5.0.1 and Kobo app version 5.1
There are options in the setting for the app for how many current reads will we keep:
10 most recent items
5 most recent items
my current read
no items
What this actually means is that we will set X number of books with the "do not back up" flag. What this actually does is a) tell iOS that these items should not be backed up to your iCloud account, if they are in a folder where this would happen, and b) when the device is in a low storage situation do NOT delete these X items.
Given the above, if iOS 5 detects low disk space the following will happen if you have a library with 30 books.
10 most recent reads selected
Up to 10 most recent books will be preserved all other books will be deleted by the OS.
5 most recent reads selected
Up to 5 most recent books will be preserved all other books will be deleted by the OS.
my current read
Your current read will be preserved all other books will be deleted by the OS
no items
all books in your library will be deleted by the OS
One thing to note is that the OS might not delete all other books, it will delete enough items to free up a certain amount of disk space.
I guess we could have an option to keep all your books, and I will mention that as there might be a technical reason we don't do this, beyond Apple not wanting apps to store lots of data on device, however, in our case, we find a lot of users will load up their device with all their books and then go offline, so if the OS decides, on it's own, to delete your books and you're offline, you cannot download them until you have a network connection.