Thread: Forma Questions about quick management of Collections.
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Old 10-10-2019, 10:47 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by droopy View Post
Let's say my Kobo is USB-connected to my laptop's Calibre. I add/edit a few collections, based on instructions in https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob..._Configuration .

If I go to Calibre's toolbar and then choose Device>Disconnect the device, i'm afraid even the edits I made on the Library side aren't saved.

So here's what I do to make adds/edits to collections on my Kobo's collections.
In "Calibre Library", I make the adds/edits.
I click KoboUtilities button and click on "Update Metadata on Device Library"
I then click on Devices button and then choose Sync cached metadata on device".
I then eject my Kobo, and voila, books now are part of collections that they weren't a part 5 minutes ago.
What you are missing is that the driver does the collection management each time the device is connected. So, any changes you make to metadata in the calibre library that affect the collections on your Kobo device, will be applied when you next connect the device. You don't need to have the device connected when changing things in the library. And if you do, you have to do the extra step you mention.
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