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Originally Posted by theducks
Restore expects everything else (other than the corrupted DB) to be in the normal place.
there is a metadata.opf is in each books folder (and cover.jpg). Those are the backup for that book metadata as shown in Calibre
Anything that tampers with the Library folder can corrupt. Only Calibre should make changes. The DB is the link between the entry and the files. Delays can allow a cart before horse condition, thus the rule of NOT on a Network storage.
BTW your screenshot is NOT of Calibre Library (the typical folder where books are)
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Thank you, agin for your response and clarrfification.
You are correct, the screenshot I sent is not from Calibre, I accessed it through
Preferences > Miscellaneous > Open calibre cofiguration folder
Now, I have 2 questions:
1- My undestanding is that given that I have already performed the restore, the
metadata.opf for each book has been overwritten and the custom columns settings have been lost. However, if I have a backup of the library which includes the
metadata.opf files before restoration, I should be able to restore the custom columns through the metadata editor. The issue is that I could not find the option "Set Metadata from book files" .
Question: I would appreciate that you point me to that option.
2- Does backuping up the library using Time machine considered tampering with the Library folder? If no, that is goog. If, yes, what is the best practice to have a disaster recovery plan?