Thread: Help! I lost all my highlights after changing SD card
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Old 10-30-2014, 06:42 PM   #6
davidfor
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Originally Posted by IseeDeadPeople View Post
Unfortunately, I think the backup of my internal SD card is more recent than the other one... And this may be why I don't see anything in the Bookmark table

It sucks, because when you realize that you lost all annotations/highlights/etc, it's just like losing a hard disk drive after a crash. I guess you've already lost at least 1 hdd in the past? It's really frustrating...
Yes, but my disk backups have always been good enough that I haven't lost any important data.
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So, for now, I can just protect my ass for the future, so that this doesn't happen again. I read that I can sync my annotations and highlights with CALIBRE, at least many folks seem to like this platform.

Here's my plan :
1) Install firmware update on my Kobo Aura
2) Upgrade Android to latest version (if possible)
The Kobo ereader devices do not run Android. It is Linux plus as custom application.
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3) Install Calibre on my Synology Disk Station
4) Sync my Kobo Aura with Calibre, by Wi-Fi. (How?)

It seems like I can easily get info on this forum, for the 1st 3 steps. But I heard I can sync my Kobo with Calibre via Wi-Fi. How is this possible? Do I need to tweak my Kobo a bit? Where can I find more info about this?
You heard wrong. The firmware in the Kobo ereaders will sync over WiFi to Kobo servers. But, they only sync the books bought from the Kobo shop. The sync does include the bookmarks and annotations made on these books.

Calibre doesn't backup annotations for any devices. For some, the Annotations plugin can be used to fetch them to a column in calibre. But, this is not reversible. It doesn't retrieve enough information to send them back.

You can backup the devices database using my Kobo Utilities plugin in calibre. It can automate this the first time you connect to calibre on any day.
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