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Old 03-23-2010, 11:19 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Amalthia View Post
I'm trying to backup my Calibre Library and settings and I've found everything but the metadata.db file. Where is it supposed to be located?

I'd appreciate any and all help,
thanks!
I think the best way to back up your Cailbre library might be the Save to Disk feature.

The following is from another thread.

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Originally Posted by dwanthny View Post
Every now and then I select every book and do a save to disk. As Bob said this does save all your metadata. I have deleted all of my books and then added from my save to disk directory (to test) and everything was recreated. All summaries, series authors etc...
As stated I have used the Save to Disk feature to back up my library then deleted everything and restored the saved files using the Add books from directories, including sub-directories (one book per directory ...) drop down option.

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Originally Posted by Starson17 View Post
Just a reminder for others: For this to work, there are two options in the Preferences|Save that have to be on. They are the two that start with "Save," namely the "Save metadata in OPF file" and the Save cover separately." Otherwise, you may lose the cover or metadata. Fortunately, they are on by default.
Starson17 was polite enough to point out the above as a warning. Make sure those options are checked prior to saving.
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