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Old 02-01-2026, 09:51 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
I downloaded Octary for Windows. Apart from Acronis VirusTotal scanners gave it a green tick, MWB and Defender flagged as 'dangerous' so I installed in a sandbox.
I looked at Octary a while back based on an acquaintance's suggestion. At that time, I think it was v0.2.something. I installed it in a VM and then removed it since it did not support USB connection to non-Amazon ereaders. I just looked at the current version (v0.3.0-alpha.5) and it still says "*USB connection support for Kobo, Nook, and PocketBook coming soon."

During my limited testing back then, editing metadata failed more often than it worked, the file compression made several books unreadable, etc. Definitely a work in progress.

Edit: Located the installer used for the original install. It was v0.2.0-alpha.1 on 2025-Dec-19.
Last edited by DNSB; 02-01-2026 at 10:56 PM. Reason: Check version of Octary installed in original test.
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