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menneske · 12-15-2020, 01:36 PM

[WorkInProgress for Glo HD with MacOS tools and Terminal]

My first eReader was in 2009.
Purpose: To publish poetry .EPUBs.

That went well.
[Ask me how to overcome auto-linebreaks in poetry, if you are interested]

Now I have a lot of ebooks. Also ePoetry.
Ideal: Gather ALL on Kobo Glo HD with a decent file navigation interface.

PS: My mind is less plastic with age, so I need solutions that are easy to follow. Hopefully I can reproduce my own understanding and successes in a meaningful way, without the need of a lot of details. I am not English native, though, so some concepts may not explained in "real" English. Sorry about that.

UPDATE STORAGE

Kobo Glo HD, mine is firmware 4.25, so I cannot use "The Magic Memory Upgrade Mod", and I don't care to fiddle with downgrading to earlier firmware to be able to do that. A cool clone on the Mac is ideal. No matter what firmware your Glo HD has.

Needed soft:
Download Apple PiBaker
Download Etcher
Ctrl-click "save as" -> KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.zip residing on this page
Download InVisibles 1.5 from this page - or similar app

New SD card
A Sandisk Micro SDXC, with SD SDXC adapter (for USB or built-in)- [I have testet 32 and 128GB. Both work]

Tools:
Credit card or similar
Plastic plunger, plastic pincer, good eyes, good light

DO

- 1. Turn off Kobo Glo HD by holding down the button.

- 2. Kobo on hard, flat surface, face down, protect screen w/ towel.

- 3. Slide the back open with a defunct credit card - alternate pressing vertically down the edge crack to release the snaps, and lifting the back.

- 4. Good light, strong glasses: Plastic plunger to push the right-side SD card-lock to the side, while plastic pincers grasp SD card and pull horisontally out.

- 5. Insert SD card into MacOS. [Observe that some SD adapters cannot handle fast cards, but the original card should not be a problem with most adapters]

- 6. Error message on Mac -> Choose "Ignore". DO NOT AGREE TO FORMAT, DO NOT AGREE TO EJECT

- 7. To clone the original Glo SD card: Open Apple PiBaker
----- Select your SD card in PiBaker's inner window (or click the reload button next to it. Still don't see it? Re-insert your SD card (again: do not format))
----- Press "Create backup". Give it a name, eg "Kobo Glo HD". It saves as .img
----- When done cloning, quite Apple PiBaker.
----- Remove original SD card, keep in safe place,

- 8. To format NEW SD card to FAT
----- Insert new SD card in compatible SD adapter, connect to Mac
----- Open Disk Utility [Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility]
----- Choose the SD card on the left (should only be the one)
----- Click "erase"-button to open erase-window
----- Choose "format" from erase-window, from drop down -> "MS-DOS (FAT)
----- Choose "scheme" from erase-window, from drop down -> "Master Boot Record"
----- Click "erase"
----- Leave formatted SD card in adapter

- 9. To restore original content to new card: Open Etcher
----- In Etcher choose "Flash from File", navigate to cloned .img, Enter
----- Click "Select target" and select new SD card
----- Click "Flash"

- 10. Remove SD card from adapter, place card in turned-off Kobo Glo HD

- 11. Connect KOBO Glo with cable to USB on Mac,

- 12. [Kobo Glo mounts in Finder, and is called "KOBOeReader"]

- 13. Make MacOS invisible files visible with app.

- 14. Unpack "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.zip" to "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.tgz". [MacOS build-in un-compression app should not unpack to root (folder with no file extension); if it does, use The Archiver]

- 15. Rename "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.tgz" to "KoboRoot.tgz"

- 16. Drag KoboRoot.tgz onto .kobo on KOBOeReader in Finder

- 17. Safe eject KOBOeReader from Finder

- 18. [KOBO Glo HD blinks a few times, while it grows the SD card remaining space as storage. Then everything hopefully is back to normal. If not, try again.]*

- 19. Check settings on KOBO to see build-in storage of SD card.

- 20. Maybe clean up by making MacOS files invisible again.

12-15-2020, 01:36 PM	#1
menneske Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 20564 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Denmark Device: LBook (Hanlin v.3), iPad1+3, GloHD 32GB, ClaraHD 8GB, iPadPro2 512GB	[Mac-users] Update Storage, KOReader, hacks on Glo HD [WorkInProgress for Glo HD with MacOS tools and Terminal] My first eReader was in 2009. Purpose: To publish poetry .EPUBs. That went well. [Ask me how to overcome auto-linebreaks in poetry, if you are interested] Now I have a lot of ebooks. Also ePoetry. Ideal: Gather ALL on Kobo Glo HD with a decent file navigation interface. PS: My mind is less plastic with age, so I need solutions that are easy to follow. Hopefully I can reproduce my own understanding and successes in a meaningful way, without the need of a lot of details. I am not English native, though, so some concepts may not explained in "real" English. Sorry about that. UPDATE STORAGE Kobo Glo HD, mine is firmware 4.25, so I cannot use "The Magic Memory Upgrade Mod", and I don't care to fiddle with downgrading to earlier firmware to be able to do that. A cool clone on the Mac is ideal. No matter what firmware your Glo HD has. Needed soft: Download Apple PiBaker Download Etcher Ctrl-click "save as" -> KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.zip residing on this page Download InVisibles 1.5 from this page - or similar app New SD card A Sandisk Micro SDXC, with SD SDXC adapter (for USB or built-in)- [I have testet 32 and 128GB. Both work] Tools: Credit card or similar Plastic plunger, plastic pincer, good eyes, good light DO - 1. Turn off Kobo Glo HD by holding down the button. - 2. Kobo on hard, flat surface, face down, protect screen w/ towel. - 3. Slide the back open with a defunct credit card - alternate pressing vertically down the edge crack to release the snaps, and lifting the back. - 4. Good light, strong glasses: Plastic plunger to push the right-side SD card-lock to the side, while plastic pincers grasp SD card and pull horisontally out. - 5. Insert SD card into MacOS. [Observe that some SD adapters cannot handle fast cards, but the original card should not be a problem with most adapters] - 6. Error message on Mac -> Choose "Ignore". DO NOT AGREE TO FORMAT, DO NOT AGREE TO EJECT - 7. To clone the original Glo SD card: Open Apple PiBaker ----- Select your SD card in PiBaker's inner window (or click the reload button next to it. Still don't see it? Re-insert your SD card (again: do not format)) ----- Press "Create backup". Give it a name, eg "Kobo Glo HD". It saves as .img ----- When done cloning, quite Apple PiBaker. ----- Remove original SD card, keep in safe place, - 8. To format NEW SD card to FAT ----- Insert new SD card in compatible SD adapter, connect to Mac ----- Open Disk Utility [Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility] ----- Choose the SD card on the left (should only be the one) ----- Click "erase"-button to open erase-window ----- Choose "format" from erase-window, from drop down -> "MS-DOS (FAT) ----- Choose "scheme" from erase-window, from drop down -> "Master Boot Record" ----- Click "erase" ----- Leave formatted SD card in adapter - 9. To restore original content to new card: Open Etcher ----- In Etcher choose "Flash from File", navigate to cloned .img, Enter ----- Click "Select target" and select new SD card ----- Click "Flash" - 10. Remove SD card from adapter, place card in turned-off Kobo Glo HD - 11. Connect KOBO Glo with cable to USB on Mac, - 12. [Kobo Glo mounts in Finder, and is called "KOBOeReader"] - 13. Make MacOS invisible files visible with app. - 14. Unpack "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.zip" to "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.tgz". [MacOS build-in un-compression app should not unpack to root (folder with no file extension); if it does, use The Archiver] - 15. Rename "KoboRoot-MagicMemory-Resize-3.16.10.tgz" to "KoboRoot.tgz" - 16. Drag KoboRoot.tgz onto .kobo on KOBOeReader in Finder - 17. Safe eject KOBOeReader from Finder - 18. [KOBO Glo HD blinks a few times, while it grows the SD card remaining space as storage. Then everything hopefully is back to normal. If not, try again.]* - 19. Check settings on KOBO to see build-in storage of SD card. - 20. Maybe clean up by making MacOS files invisible again. Last edited by menneske; 01-18-2021 at 12:04 PM. Reason: conforming to reality: realising SD cards are fickle.