Thread: CC and the cloud: discussion
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Old 08-18-2014, 03:25 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by mrbrimi View Post
Getting back to the original subject; my preference would be option #2 but then I have lots of memory available. But agree that could just as easily import my library into CC right now.
Why does #2 require lots of memory? You would (somehow) download the folders containing the books+metadata.opfs you want and add them to CC.
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Guess my question is which "Cloud" services you'd choose? You're not going to keep everyone happy.
Good question. See below.

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Originally Posted by gsparks2 View Post
Option 2 is attractive to me.
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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan View Post
I would prefer #2, really, because if would help me to update the CC db if I have changed my library but not updated it.
We seem to be developing a consensus.

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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
my vote - are we voting yet? - is for support drop box - forget the others. - should we have a poll?
The big ones seem to be Dropbox, Box, and Copy. I am ignoring Drive which also is discussed, but I won't support something that can eat calibre libraries.

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Originally Posted by kaufman View Post
I would vote for this one if it had the ability to download directly from Dropbox, rather than from a local directory. If someone has to go from Dropbox to the device, I would rather that CC did it. Also, this fixed the problem of "somehow the folder has to get to the device"
The base CC will import from a local directory. At some point we will provide a pay-for app that can fetch these directories from [?], ask CC to do the import, then delete the local copy.
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Also, if you do this, please also include a download all missing books, and perhaps a delete all books that are no longer in dropbox.
This isn't going to happen. It requires CC itself to be integrated with the cloud, which is precisely what option 2 is intended to avoid.

Note that the combination of wireless connections and the smart eject plugin gives you the "all books not in CC" function. WD connections and the in-library mark on the device view give you an easy way to remove all books in CC that are no longer in calibre's library.
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