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vigrom -- I prefer to avoid application specific features that can be done using a generalised systems management tool, such as backup/restore.
IMO it should be at least as easy to restore/access a 'backup' as it was to create it, and preferably easier. It's inevitable that the user is stressed, hence prone to making mistakes.
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Originally Posted by vigrom
Yes, I already use a powerful synch tool (Beyond Compare) for the very same goals you are describing. And yes, I also maintain a mirror copy of the library on an external HD.
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I know Beyond Compare as a file comparison tool, but not as as a file synch tool. Not sure BC had syncing when I decided on GoodSync - which was about a decade ago.
But if you want a backup copy of your libraries in the cloud as well as on a local usb drive (as I do), why wouldn't you use the same tool for both destinations (as I do).
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Originally Posted by vigrom
Still not quite clear to me… Is the folder with the data stored in it via Calibre’s export feature good and safe enough to be uploaded to and updated on a cloud to be used as a reliable backup source in case of crisis?
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Providing the machine you're restoring to has a working version of calibre that supports its import/export feature it should be OK.
But, if in this hypothetical crisis... like your house burns down... you wanted to revert to an old XP machine, then you'd have to install calibre 1.48, which doesn't have the import/export feature.
Or you might decide not to replace the desktop for a while, then you'd probably want to find a way of 'converting' calibre's exported spanned archive to something that an android or ios e-reader app could access. If the cloud backup were a synchronised mirror you could probably access it via something like iExplorer in ios, or one of the myriad of similar android apps, such as ES File Explorer.
BR