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Originally Posted by Mr_H_Poirot
I backup simply by using the export function. I do it once a month and save the file in Google Drive. If I get a new computer I use the import function and my library, all plugins, all preferences are automatically replicated in seconds.
Maybe some people add books more frequently than me but I find a month is fine. If it broke mid-month I would just re-download any books from Standard e-books or wherever I have got them from
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I back up by keeping manually created copies of my library and configuration folders on external drives and in Dropbox, and using FreeFileSync to update them whenever needed. I add new books and make changes to the existing books often, plus my main library is huge, so using the export function would be way too slow and time-consuming for me.
Installing both the libraries and the settings on a new computer from backup is pretty fast even without using the export/import function - it's a matter of just copy/pasting the relevant folders and pointing calibre to them.
I don't use the config backup plugin, as I have no need for it - using FreeFileSync is faster.