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Originally Posted by theducks
That is proper. 
I misunderstood. I thought you had merged
BTW these ARE complete Libraries (Author folders in the same place as metadata.db)?
The option is there:
On the Library Icon: Create/Switch: USE EXISTING: <select the others path to metadata.dbs FOLDER. AKA Hers>
Now Calibre will switch AND Mine will appear on the Library Icons 'quick switch' list. click that and Hers, will be on the list (The active Library can't be switched TO  ) |
I've tried that option too. The option is to 'Use the previously existing library at the new location'. When I try to use that option it either tells me that the folder is not empty (which it isn't) or that the library already exists there. If I use that option to add the second library, it changes that ONE current library to be the new library I'm trying to add. I'd like to be able to list all the things I've tried for all of you to see but I've tried so many things that I can't remember them all until you try to help me and then I try it again.
In that same area, when I click the down arrow beside the Library icon and choose 'Switch/create Library', if there was an option there to 'Add Existing Library' and I could just point it to a folder with the metadata.db file, and then do it again for the second folder, I'd be all set. But that option is not there so maybe I just can't do what I'm trying to do anymore.
I have read a lot of the Calibre help documents and one of them says 'do not use a networked drive' and goes on to talk about the problems it will create. I'm not using a networked drive but I am using a local folder that is sync'd from another computer and I'm trying to basically use the same libraries on two computers. The document I read said I'm asking for trouble doing that. I've been doing it that way for a long time without issues but maybe I've just been lucky.
So I'm going to remove all the libraries, create new empty libraries and copy all the books from their current location into the "new" libraries and then use Calibre on one computer from now on. It's not as convenient for me because of the setup of my computers, but if that's all that works, that's what I'll have to do.
Thanks for your help. If you or anyone can come up with something else for me to try, I'd appreciate it and will give it a try