Thread: Help Understanding How CC Moves Files from External HD to Kindle using iPad Pro.
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Old 11-02-2018, 05:15 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Tight View Post
Here's the situation. The Calibre Library will be stored on an external HD. However the ONLY Mac in the mix will be a new iPad Pro. The goal is to move books from the external HD to a Kindle. As you know, there is no way to hook up an external HD to an iPad and have it recognized. Although I haven't tried it, I don't think even a USB-C adaptor hooking a USB external HD will be "seen".

So can someone explain the workflow for how Calibre Companion, if installed on the iPad, could move files to a Kindle Paperwhite? I'm also looking at a SanDisk 200GB Connect Wireless Stick Flash Drive as a potential intermediary, but am not sure how that will interface (or even work reliably). The Calibre Library is 26 GB, so storing it on an external HD is desirable.
First point: there isn't any supported way of moving books from any version of CC to another device.

Second point: CC on the Fire will not "see" any device connected by an OTG cable. It can see SD cards.

The two together say that the "right" way to do what you want is to put your calibre library on an SD card, put that card into your Fire, then use CC's "Cloud Local Library Connection" to retrieve books from that library copy.

I don't know why having a "Mac in the mix" is important.
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