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BetterRed · 06-20-2016, 06:42 PM

@mariaclaudia - FWIW this is what I do in Windows

I use one of several Windows content searchers to search within a library folder. The search tools I use include -- X1, Windows 10 from File Explorer, FileLocator Pro (Agent Ransack's big brother) and the Find feature in xplorer² Pro (file manager).
I then use the excellent Drop Search Results plugin to Mark the books in Calibre. It's excellent because it's very simple to use and it works with all the search tools I use - and some that I don't.
And then I do whatever to the Marked books - e.g. use bulk metadata edit to add a tag, create a Reading List, remove the books etc.

I sometimes broaden the search scope beyond calibre libraries, to include things like emails, blog and social media posts etc.

BR

06-20-2016, 06:42 PM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,744 Karma: 30237526 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@mariaclaudia - FWIW this is what I do in Windows I use one of several Windows content searchers to search within a library folder. The search tools I use include -- X1, Windows 10 from File Explorer, FileLocator Pro (Agent Ransack's big brother) and the Find feature in xplorer² Pro (file manager). I then use the excellent Drop Search Results plugin to Mark the books in Calibre. It's excellent because it's very simple to use and it works with all the search tools I use - and some that I don't. And then I do whatever to the Marked books - e.g. use bulk metadata edit to add a tag, create a Reading List, remove the books etc. I sometimes broaden the search scope beyond calibre libraries, to include things like emails, blog and social media posts etc. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 06-20-2016 at 06:52 PM. Reason: Add last para