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Originally Posted by lpadron
Thx Eschwartz for your reply.
Let me confirm what you're saying:
1) Each copy of Calibre can point to a common share (in this case, Dropbox).
2) Dropbox uses local shares to sync across all PC's (including Mac).
3) I would simply point each Calibre to the LOCAL Dropbox share. (there is no way to point to a Dropbox cloud.)
4) Always fully sync Dropbox (green) before starting Calibre.
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And then paused!
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5) If the database gets out of sync, use "Database restore."
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Not quite.
Database restore will not fix an out-of-sync issue (because if Dropbox didn't sync properly, then
nothing was synced).
What it fixes is issues that may arise when using a library on multiple different operating systems. (This is not guaranteed to happen, but it certainly might. As I said, filename case sensitivity across OSes is inconsistent.)
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QUESTION:
How will Calibre on PC#2 pickup a new addition from PC#1 (after Dropbox sync, of course)? Is this automatic at startup of PC#2?
Thanks again for your help.
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It is read from the database ("metadata.db"), which is synced as well.
Just make sure Dropbox is fully synced and paused.
Paused, because Dropbox should not try syncing files in real time, while calibre is managing them -- or else they might fight over the files.
If that happens, you will end up with "conflicted copies", which are a pain to deal with.