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thepopmonster · 03-22-2020, 04:56 PM

After some messing around I have series info working with the new FW on a Clara HD (with the Attempt to Support Newer Firmware box checked), doesn't auto-transfer, but if I use Kobo Utilties and set "Date" as well as "Series and Index" through KoboUtilities update metadata it shows up.

However, while doing this, I was poking around in the Kobo filesystem & I noticed that I'd used two different templates in the File Formats tab and some books in a series are in different folders than others (I use {series:| - |} as part of the folder name now but apparently used to use /{series}/).

Now, I could delete the affected books and then re-add them, but that's both tedious and manual and messes up the relationship between purchased order and added order.

So, I guess I have 3 questions:

1. Is there some way that I can get Calibre to move all books already on the device to match my template?
2. Should I be asking this in KoboUtiltities instead?
3. Assuming I do have to wipe and reload, is there something I can do during that process to make Kobo Date = Calibre date added, or at least in the same relative order, if I am sending all books in the one operation (there are more distinct dates and books than I want to do manually), or is this another question for KoboUtilities?

Thanks in advance.

Device database version: 158.
Device firmware version: (4, 20, 14601)

03-22-2020, 04:56 PM	#1985
thepopmonster Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Kobo Clara HD	After some messing around I have series info working with the new FW on a Clara HD (with the Attempt to Support Newer Firmware box checked), doesn't auto-transfer, but if I use Kobo Utilties and set "Date" as well as "Series and Index" through KoboUtilities update metadata it shows up. However, while doing this, I was poking around in the Kobo filesystem & I noticed that I'd used two different templates in the File Formats tab and some books in a series are in different folders than others (I use {series:\| - \|} as part of the folder name now but apparently used to use /{series}/). Now, I could delete the affected books and then re-add them, but that's both tedious and manual and messes up the relationship between purchased order and added order. So, I guess I have 3 questions: 1. Is there some way that I can get Calibre to move all books already on the device to match my template? 2. Should I be asking this in KoboUtiltities instead? 3. Assuming I do have to wipe and reload, is there something I can do during that process to make Kobo Date = Calibre date added, or at least in the same relative order, if I am sending all books in the one operation (there are more distinct dates and books than I want to do manually), or is this another question for KoboUtilities? Thanks in advance. Device database version: 158. Device firmware version: (4, 20, 14601)