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Originally Posted by Karellen
Others might have different methods, but I backup the following two folders: - The ebook folder (the folder calibre links to to access your ebooks), and
- The %appdata%\Roaming\Calibre folder which contains all the Calibre settings. (Windows PC)
If done correctly, you can reinstall Calibre, restore those two folders and the library is up and running quite quickly. All addons and settings exactly as they were at the time of the last backup. |
Yes, I do the same.
As to using FreeFileSync:
It's very simple. Create an empty folder where you want your backup. Close Calibre. Open FFS and select the mirror mode (copying changes from the left-hand folder to the right-hand, not two way). For the left-hand folder, navigate to your calibre library and select it; for the right-hand folder, select the new empty folder. Click Sync. Everything in the library folder will now be copied to the new backup folder.
Every time you make changes to your library, repeat the process - close calibre and run FFS in mirror mode between your library folder and your backup folder. As only the changes will be copied after the first time, the process is usually very fast.