Thread: Clara HD Clone old Kobo Glo inside a new Clara HD... how?
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Old 01-20-2022, 07:16 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by TradingBad View Post
I tried with Calibre and Kobo Utilities, but I can't find the right way to do it, and if I attach both e-readers at the same time, Calibre seems to see only the Clara, while Kobo Utilities will detect both of them at the same time... weird.

I can obviously copy and paste all the Epubs file from the Glo to the Clara, but I would like to copy also: collections + bookmarks + % of reading done on the book + highlighting + notes.
I don't need the stats of minutes of reading, sessions etc.
The thread that @koboy pointed to has information to move everything over to the new device. And if you need to move the bookmarks/annotations you need to do it that way.

If you are just after collections and reading status, that can be done via calibre. The steps are basically:
  1. Connect the old device
  2. Fetch the reading status using the Kobo Utilities plugin.
  3. Disconnect the old device.
  4. Connect the new device.
  5. Send all the books you want on the new device to it.
  6. Disconnect the device and let it import the books.
  7. Connect the new device.
  8. Use the Kobo Utilities plugin to restore the reading status to the new device.

You can manually copy the books from one device to the other which replaces the "Send all books" step. That is probably quicker if you want all the books on the new device. Doing it via calibre will allow you to be selective, but, you can clean up later.

For collections, if you are currently using calibre to manage collections, you don't need to do anything extra. This should happen whenever you connect the device. If you do not use calibre for collection management, Kobo Utilities plugin can fetch them into a column and you can then use calibre to update the new device.

In the steps above, there are other things needed to fetch the status using the Kobo Utilities. They are the steps to configure this plugin. They are in the help and are discussed elsewhere. If you decide to do it this way and have issues with this, then I can answer any questions or point to guides.

Also, calibre will only handle one attached ereader. If you need to do things with two, you need two ereaders, you need to do them separately. And I'm surprised the Kobo Utilities plugin would see both. It uses base calibre functions for accessing the attached device, so it should only know about one.
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