Thread: Not enough space to export/backup library. How to do partial backup?
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Old 01-16-2021, 11:24 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
Create a new, empty library (keeping the structure of your old library). Copy the books you want to back up to the new library. Zip the new library folder up and upload to the cloud. Delete the copied books from the old library.

When restoring, extract the second library from the .zip file. Point Calibre to it (switch/create library -> use the existing library at the new location). Copy the books there to your main library. Delete the second library.
Sirtel,
I created a new library and moved my CBZ and PDFs into it. It's about 11GB in size.
You advise zipping the new library folder up. How is that better than getting Calibre to "Export library" into the 1GB .data chunks?
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