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mdmorrissey · 12-13-2019, 08:22 AM

I am trying to process all this info (and thanks for it!) but it's a steep learning curve. Here is what I seem to have learned so far. What I am trying to do is backup my Calibre library as efficiently as possible with Dropbox using two computers, one of which uses Linux Mint and the other Windows. Linux is much faster but I have to keep the main library in the Windows machine because although Calibre and even Kindle Laptop Reader run fine on Linux, Adobe Digital Editions does not.
The easiest way to do what I want would seem to be to have the main Calibre library in the Dropbox folder on both machines. But this would be risky since I would not have a separate folder for the Calibre library that would not be affected by possible screw-ups in Dropbox.
I have downloaded Free File Synch and maybe I will learn to use it, but for now I am taking this cumbersome but I hope safe route. The main Calibre library is in my documents folder. Then following stumped's advice I manually copied and pasted that in a folder of the same name in Dropbox. Trouble is I will have to repeat this process every I make changes in the Calibre library, or at least add the books that I add to the library in a second action to the Dropbox Calibre library folder.
So if I understand this right, I now have two full Calibre libraries on my Windows computer, and another one in the Dropbox cloud. So 3x security, right?
Since I want even more security (in case the Windows computer crashes, for example), I have Dropbox in my Linux machine with the same folders as in the Windows machine. That means whatever changes in Dropbox will also change in the Linux machine, i.e. I will have a fourth full copy of the library in the Dropbox folder in the Linux machine -- which could disappear or be corrupted if the Dropbox folder is messed with. I could occasionally cut and paste the Linux Dropbox folder into another place in the Linux machine, of course, to keep that relatively safe.
Ok, that's as far as I've gotten. The advice I have gotten above goes beyond this but I have not assimilated it yet.
If anybody has any further comments, I would appreciate it.

12-13-2019, 08:22 AM	#9
mdmorrissey Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 262 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PocketBook 360	I am trying to process all this info (and thanks for it!) but it's a steep learning curve. Here is what I seem to have learned so far. What I am trying to do is backup my Calibre library as efficiently as possible with Dropbox using two computers, one of which uses Linux Mint and the other Windows. Linux is much faster but I have to keep the main library in the Windows machine because although Calibre and even Kindle Laptop Reader run fine on Linux, Adobe Digital Editions does not. The easiest way to do what I want would seem to be to have the main Calibre library in the Dropbox folder on both machines. But this would be risky since I would not have a separate folder for the Calibre library that would not be affected by possible screw-ups in Dropbox. I have downloaded Free File Synch and maybe I will learn to use it, but for now I am taking this cumbersome but I hope safe route. The main Calibre library is in my documents folder. Then following stumped's advice I manually copied and pasted that in a folder of the same name in Dropbox. Trouble is I will have to repeat this process every I make changes in the Calibre library, or at least add the books that I add to the library in a second action to the Dropbox Calibre library folder. So if I understand this right, I now have two full Calibre libraries on my Windows computer, and another one in the Dropbox cloud. So 3x security, right? Since I want even more security (in case the Windows computer crashes, for example), I have Dropbox in my Linux machine with the same folders as in the Windows machine. That means whatever changes in Dropbox will also change in the Linux machine, i.e. I will have a fourth full copy of the library in the Dropbox folder in the Linux machine -- which could disappear or be corrupted if the Dropbox folder is messed with. I could occasionally cut and paste the Linux Dropbox folder into another place in the Linux machine, of course, to keep that relatively safe. Ok, that's as far as I've gotten. The advice I have gotten above goes beyond this but I have not assimilated it yet. If anybody has any further comments, I would appreciate it.