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Originally Posted by chainring
If you have calibre open, Dropbox will sync endlessly. Close calibre, let Dropbox sync on that machine, then wait for Dropbox to sync on your other machine, and finally open calibre there.
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Dropbox will seem to sync endlessly because it knows that the metadata.db file is in use and locked by Calibre.
@Sydney's Mom
One mistake I did make once, was to exit Calibre and shutdown my computer before Dropbox had a chance to Sync the metadata.db file. I had been working on multiple custom recipes in Calibre and when I got home they were not there. I realize immediately what had happened.
After that experience I make sure Dropbox has synced all files before shutting down the computer. I also started editing all my custom recipes using Notepad++ and saving them to another folder in Dropbox before adding them as a custom news source. The small files sync quickly.