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CapitalGGeek · 12-17-2018, 02:35 PM

So I thought I was smart last year, and backed up my entire calibre library to Calibre portable on a thumb drive. And it worked great, and saved me a LOT of trouble when I had some hard drive corruption.

So now I'm looking to 'update' my portable library with the new additions to my desktop library. Not a whole lot has changed, but I didn't keep very good track of what I've added or modified.

Is there a way to update the portable library other than importing and skipping duplicates? What about existing books with updated metadata?

I suppose I could just use richcopy and copy new or changed, then reinstall Calibre Portable, but it seems like there should be a better way to sync the two.

Anyone have any suggestions, or a better method of backing up?

12-17-2018, 02:35 PM	#1
CapitalGGeek Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	Backup Calibre desktop to Portable? So I thought I was smart last year, and backed up my entire calibre library to Calibre portable on a thumb drive. And it worked great, and saved me a LOT of trouble when I had some hard drive corruption. So now I'm looking to 'update' my portable library with the new additions to my desktop library. Not a whole lot has changed, but I didn't keep very good track of what I've added or modified. Is there a way to update the portable library other than importing and skipping duplicates? What about existing books with updated metadata? I suppose I could just use richcopy and copy new or changed, then reinstall Calibre Portable, but it seems like there should be a better way to sync the two. Anyone have any suggestions, or a better method of backing up?