Computer malfunction, everything has gone!

kevinmacdonald · 08-23-2012, 08:26 AM

Hi guys and girls, I replied to a post here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...54#post2194854 and I was advised by the forum to post as a new thread because the original post is "old" Basically, my mac died, lost all my books

However, I have them all nice and organized on my kindle, with their series numbers, authors and other pedantic ways of organizing things. However, as I said, my computer is dead and Ive managed to add all the books back to my calibre library no problem but it didn't copy over the organisation I had. Even just the book series would be excellent. Any ideas?

kevinmacdonald · 08-23-2012, 08:29 AM

Should have said, running a MacBook Air osX 10.5.8 Calibre 0.8.59 and i have a kindle of some sort, the 2011 release I think. I have no idea..oops

crossi · 08-25-2012, 01:51 PM

It won't help repair your current library but I would suggest either moving or copying your library to Dropbox or similar program. I use dropbox and can view my current library on both my desktop and my laptop. I also back up to a usb drive and to an external hard drive periodically.

speakingtohe · 08-26-2012, 12:30 PM

For the series if you configure the metadata download to just get the series info a bulk metadata download should do the trick. Might take a while if you have a lot of books but pretty handy all the same
Helen

08-23-2012, 08:26 AM	#1
kevinmacdonald Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle	Computer malfunction, everything has gone! Hi guys and girls, I replied to a post here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...54#post2194854 and I was advised by the forum to post as a new thread because the original post is "old" Basically, my mac died, lost all my books However, I have them all nice and organized on my kindle, with their series numbers, authors and other pedantic ways of organizing things. However, as I said, my computer is dead and Ive managed to add all the books back to my calibre library no problem but it didn't copy over the organisation I had. Even just the book series would be excellent. Any ideas?

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08-23-2012, 08:29 AM	#2
kevinmacdonald Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle	Should have said, running a MacBook Air osX 10.5.8 Calibre 0.8.59 and i have a kindle of some sort, the 2011 release I think. I have no idea..oops

08-25-2012, 01:51 PM	#3
crossi Guru Posts: 997 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	It won't help repair your current library but I would suggest either moving or copying your library to Dropbox or similar program. I use dropbox and can view my current library on both my desktop and my laptop. I also back up to a usb drive and to an external hard drive periodically.

08-26-2012, 12:30 PM	#4
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	For the series if you configure the metadata download to just get the series info a bulk metadata download should do the trick. Might take a while if you have a lot of books but pretty handy all the same Helen

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