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DNSB · 03-11-2025, 01:10 AM

The issue would appear to be that you copied your old library to the same location on your new MacBook. That location is calibre's default location for it's library. I would suggest renaming the old library directory from "Calibre Library" to "Old Library" and copying it to a location outside a documents directory that is synced with DropBox. Then try the Use previously existing library at new location tool to add it to calibre.

I must agree with BetterRed that having your library 2 way syncing with DropBox is a very very bad idea.

03-11-2025, 01:10 AM	#9
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,681 Karma: 169712392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The issue would appear to be that you copied your old library to the same location on your new MacBook. That location is calibre's default location for it's library. I would suggest renaming the old library directory from "Calibre Library" to "Old Library" and copying it to a location outside a documents directory that is synced with DropBox. Then try the Use previously existing library at new location tool to add it to calibre. I must agree with BetterRed that having your library 2 way syncing with DropBox is a very very bad idea.