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Originally Posted by MMatic
Is there a way of running it standalone of an external drive?
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for Windows Calibre portable.
I am not sure about Mac
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Originally Posted by MMatic
Is there a way of migrating to an external drive from the laptop?
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Just copy the Calibre Library to the external drive, select change library and point it to the copied directory on external drive.
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Originally Posted by MMatic
What format should the drive be? (I want to use it Mac and PC)
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Can you read PC formatted external HD on Mac? If yes, then try copying Calibre library directory there.
You can use Calibre even when the library is on network drive (NAS). Many people do. Please note that problems with connection to the network drive and behaviour of network drive are outside of control of Calibre software, so it is not officially supported. *DO NOT* try to access the library on shared network directory from two different computers at the same time. This is one of reasons why NAS storage use for library files is discouraged.
What is especially discouraged is use of various cloud services for location of Calibre Library directory. Bad Things(TM) have happened to [the data of] some people using cloud services to store live library.
MAKE BACKUPS before doing any experiments. Preferably more than one. Make sure your backups are useable before experimenting.
What is supported and recommanded is running Calibre on one computer at home and accessing it through very well designed web interface from other computers and even tablets and phones in the household.