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Old 04-22-2015, 08:48 AM   #1
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Swap calibre settings between computers

Hi,

I store my book collection on Dropbox (don't shout) which works well providing I don't access it twice etc etc - but what I want to do is use Calibre at work to edit the books. I need to copy all my options, plugins etc from home to work setup.

What do I need to copy.

Could I install calibre to a dropbox folder and run on both computers (obviously not at same time!)

I realise its unsupported and I'm willing to accept all cock-ups etc but just wondered if it was doable and saves me repeatedly copying changes in setup between computers.
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Use calibre portable at work, synchronizing settings between calibre at your computer and calibre at the pendrive (portable) with a tool (I do it, and I have one of my libraries in calibre *don't shout either*)
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What do I need to copy to synchronise the settings?
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If you use Windows, there's a free Microsoft tool: SyncToy. You can synchronize them with it.
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I don't know exactly the path (it deppends on the OS). In the desktop/laptop installation, you can open the folder from the user interface and you see the path (I don't know the option by heart and I don't have calibre here). In the portable installation: Calibre Portable/Calibre Settings.

You only need to synchronize these two folders (and subfolders). I would recommend not to synchronize the gui.json file.
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Your configuration settings are in the folder you see if you go to calibre Preferences / Miscellaneous / Open calibre configuration directory.
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Just use calibre portable, and store that in Dropbox.
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