Thread: Storing the Calibre library in "Documents Folder" on iCloud
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Old 03-02-2020, 09:21 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
No one can assess the risk for you. I've lost count of the number of " help me troubleshoot this strange bug " threads where, about 20 posts in, with all contributors scratching their heads, the OP admits they were using a NAS or a cloud library.

There have also been cases reported here where " it worked perfectly for years" until one day it did not.
you are not in control of what background activites the cloud software gets up to, because it can be making its own silent backups and thus temp locking, unlocking critical files.

I would be guided by the program author's advice, but its up to you....

I often edit a book, using sigil, operating directly on the file stored in the calibre database, but that is all local, and I am the only user, and I have a backup. Been doing it for years, never any issues... [ there you go, that should bring down a curse any day now ]
Amen! I used to have as much hair as Kovid does... HAD!

Editing any Library book externally is not a problem, AS LONG AS THE FILE NAME AND PATH remain untouched. Calibre will just not update the size column value (The quality check PI: Fix: file size, will)
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