Thread: Back up calibre
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Old 08-08-2019, 12:50 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
yse, but I am talking about the "backup" ( which may be called " export library" function built into calibre, not a Windows backup.
I remember how windows backup worked, and that it can be incremental, but I assumed that the folks starting these threads were using a calibre function ?
e.g. this from post #1
I tried to back it up using the "Export/Import all Calibre data"

so a better phased question from me would be what advantage(s) of
export/import all Calibre Data
vs just making a copy of the library folder
e.g. does the export also bundle in the config data ?
Yes. And you get to choose what (Library and/or config) to Import (restore) or Export .

To be honest, I would only use this for major changes. It can be slow, doing an entire Calibre (multi-Gig) collection.
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