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theducks · 04-16-2021, 09:53 AM

{date} does not show in Bulk mode because that would apply to all selected.

Timestamp will remain on a merge (at destination), so the direction of a merge is important.
If you use Find Duplicates: Sort the results on 'Date' column, them select the top one FIRST (the first selected is the destination)as part of the Merge. (assumes sort arrow low.High)

You DO have to do this Book by Book. But it does not take that much time

per book.
(And it will remind you to never let things get that out of whack in the future

)

04-16-2021, 09:53 AM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,817 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	{date} does not show in Bulk mode because that would apply to all selected. Timestamp will remain on a merge (at destination), so the direction of a merge is important. If you use Find Duplicates: Sort the results on 'Date' column, them select the top one FIRST (the first selected is the destination)as part of the Merge. (assumes sort arrow low.High) You DO have to do this Book by Book. But it does not take that much time per book. (And it will remind you to never let things get that out of whack in the future )