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Originally Posted by Krazykiwi
I like that Calibre offers multiple ways to do things, and I can pick what suits me best.
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The OP mentioned using Save to Disk as a backup, I suppose you could but...
The only purpose of doing backups is to provide the mean to do a restore, in full or in part. And IMO the best way to do that is to keep an exact copy of the folders and files on another device - local and/or remote.
By doing that you'll have a backup library that calibre can utilise directly in the event of a disaster, big or small. Otherwise you will have to step through some half-remembered and rarely-used process when you're in a state of mind where you probably can't even remember what you had for breakfast
The easiest way to achieve this is to use a tool that synchronises folders by only copying what changed since last backup. I use one called GoodSynch, others I've seen mentioned wrt to calibre include Time Machine, SyncToy, rsync, and Free File Synch.
You want something that maintains a true copy of your data - not something bundles your data into a 'package' that only it can read. Or one that scatters confetti-like hidden system files where ever it pleases. Nor one that changes folder and file names according to the whim of some geek on some far away planet.
If you have a true backup on another device, I suggest it be removable, then in the event of a hardware failure you can just point calibre at the library on the backup drive and use it.
And if you do something that screws up a book or a few books, you can remove the book(s) from your 'real library' and use calibre's
Copy to library feature to
copy the book(s) from the 'backup library' to the 'real library'.
I back up daily via a GoodSync task scheduled to run at shut down. It only takes a few minutes. I also do weekly backups to an FTP service, again using GoodSync. My backups include calibre's configuration folder, and similar folders from other applications - such as GoodSynch.
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