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BetterRed · 04-04-2016, 08:15 AM

@TashPerth - from backup is the usual way - do you have a recent backup?

The book files in trash won't have had there embedded metadata updated unless you had run Polish or Embed Metadata, but the updated metadata will be in the metadata db file and the individual metadata.opf files. If you can see a metadata.db file and a lot of metadata.opf files in Trash then the library might be recoverable

I am not too familiar with Mac. On Windows when calibre removes books and puts them in the Recycle Bin (Trash) they can't be restored in the normal way. I suggest you 'leave' things alone until a Macxpert comes along.

I'll change the thread title to indicate you're on a Mac

Stay calm

BR

04-04-2016, 08:15 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,826 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@TashPerth - from backup is the usual way - do you have a recent backup? The book files in trash won't have had there embedded metadata updated unless you had run Polish or Embed Metadata, but the updated metadata will be in the metadata db file and the individual metadata.opf files. If you can see a metadata.db file and a lot of metadata.opf files in Trash then the library might be recoverable I am not too familiar with Mac. On Windows when calibre removes books and puts them in the Recycle Bin (Trash) they can't be restored in the normal way. I suggest you 'leave' things alone until a Macxpert comes along. I'll change the thread title to indicate you're on a Mac Stay calm BR Last edited by BetterRed; 04-04-2016 at 08:21 AM.