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Old 02-22-2021, 05:27 PM   #54
beachboybogart
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Device: Kobo Aura, and older devices lounging in my bookcase.
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
It's pretty easy to tell if it connected properly. Windows users can see if it mounted as a drive, Macinstosh users can see if it mounts as a removable drive on their desktop, Linux users depending on how they configure their system but much the same, if it shows as a removable drive.
No it's not, actually. The whole Windows issue revolves around the fact that the OS may or may not give an audible connection signal, the device may or may not show up in File Manager, but invariably does not appear in Caliber, or, when it does, the contents of the Kobo do not display in the program, and books cannot be copied to the Kobo. So this causes users to not be clear on whether or not it is actually connected, whether the USB connection is recognized but not completed, whether the cable itself is bad (rarely, but that's where a lot of users are looking), whether the OS is out of date on the Kobo, whether a newer or older version of Calibre is the problem... you get the gist.
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