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Old 02-04-2016, 11:34 AM   #2
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It is possible.

Store your calibre library inside Dropbox, and point calibre on each computer to that library.

Note: The entire, pristine library must be there (this will include a metadata.db file plus folders for each author).

Note2: Always fully sync Dropbox before and after running calibre, and pause Dropbox while calibre is running.

Note3: If you share between two OSes (like, Windows AND Mac), then the library database may become inaccurate... as a result of different filesystem standards.
Basically, different OSes and filesystems have different opinions about case sensitivity (Windows is case-preserving but insensitive, Linux is case-sensitive, not sure about OSX).
So the OS may not be able to find the files it thinks you are asking for.
The solution is, if you hit those problems, to do Library Maintenance ==> Restore Database.
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