[awj]

I have my Calibre library hosted on a NAS. Until recently I was able to run Calibre on my Windows-based laptop and point Calibre towards the NAS share. So far, no problem; everything runs smoothly in this setup.

Then I moved to a Mac.

I know how to mount a share in Finder, and I've previously pointed Calibre towards this - and it worked. But now when I try to open Calibre it tells me that the library is corrupted - do I want to rebuild it? The rebuild option fails.

Now, I know that the library isn't corrupt because I can still see it from Calibre on Windows.

I think the problem is that Calibre thinks the library is on a different share, though with the same name. Does OSX's file system assign an ID to a mounted drive - an ID which might be different when reconnecting?

Also, I'd like to be able to mount this network share in OSX and always have it there, but I seem to need to re-mount it after each restart. Windows allows mapped drives to be maintained across restarts. Does anyone know if this is possible in OSX? (Wrong forum, I know, but worth asking while I'm on the topic.)

Lastly, Calibre on Windows allows me to point it towards a network path starting with "\\..." and without first of all mounting the share. Can anyone tell me if there is a Mac equivalent, or must I have added the share in Finder first of all?

I fully understand that my questioning has taken a how do I do this on a Mac direction, but I suppose what I'm really asking is: how can I easily and reliably point my Mac-based Calibre towards an existing library on a network share?