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Originally Posted by JSWolf
You should NEVER EVER have cloud storage software pointing to any active Calibre library. You forget just once to stop the syncing and you are screwed. You could be screwed anyway even if you never forget.
The way to handle cloud storage is to use FreeFileSync to sync your Calibre library with a copy that can be synced to cloud storage and if it gets messed up, your active library is still in tact.
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We've spoken about this before. No, you're not screwed when you forget just once. You can repair the damage if there is any. Besides, I don't have Dropbox running in the background at all, or starting with Windows. I have to specifically start Dropbox when I want to sync. Which I do once a day or so. Afterwards I quit Dropbox again.
FreeFileSync doesn't help in my case because I need to use Calibre on two different computers and sync the changes from both. Not just to keep a copy on another computer.
I've never been screwed with Dropbox and I've used it for many years. It's no more dangerous than your using a mapped drive is. Of course one needs to be careful and check the library integrity in both cases.