CC and Google Drive. Any updates?

VelvetElvis · 01-30-2016, 04:10 PM

Love the cloud support in CC, and would like to take advantage of my Google Drive account. I've read the caution about Drive, and read myriad complaints elsewhere about Drive munging folder names, but no updates.

Has Multipie, or anyone else, gotten any feedback from Google as to when, or if, the problem might be solved?

Thanks!

chaley · 01-31-2016, 05:11 AM

To the best of my knowledge Google has no plans to fix this problem. I am not convinced that they think it *is* a problem.

That said, I have had some luck using Drive to "share" my library. The rules that work for me are:

Only one computer can write to Drive using the Drive client
Other computers can read (sync) from drive using the Drive client. They *must not* write files in the calibre library in Drive.
Calibre does not access the library in Drive. Instead sync software is used from time to time to update the library in Drive

As you can see, following these rules make Drive useless for sharing a library across multiple computers for read/write even if calibre is run on only one computer at a time. They do permit CC and other cloud clients to see your library.

Also, I make no guarantee that the above actually works. All I can say is that using the above rules, during my CC testing Drive hasn't destroyed my library.

VelvetElvis · 02-05-2016, 12:54 PM

Thank you for your input. :-)
So the takeaway seems to be that you're safe if read-only access is allowed outside of a single computer updating Drive.
My interest is syncing Drive via my PC, but only accessing Drive on the web with Companion. In the interim, I'm using my free OneDrive account with CC, and it works great.

01-30-2016, 04:10 PM	#1
VelvetElvis Addict Posts: 258 Karma: 20028 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Fire HD8, Asus, Sony (T1, PRS-300), Kobo (Glo, Touch, Wireless)	CC and Google Drive. Any updates? Love the cloud support in CC, and would like to take advantage of my Google Drive account. I've read the caution about Drive, and read myriad complaints elsewhere about Drive munging folder names, but no updates. Has Multipie, or anyone else, gotten any feedback from Google as to when, or if, the problem might be solved? Thanks!

01-31-2016, 05:11 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,353 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	To the best of my knowledge Google has no plans to fix this problem. I am not convinced that they think it is a problem. That said, I have had some luck using Drive to "share" my library. The rules that work for me are: Only one computer can write to Drive using the Drive client Other computers can read (sync) from drive using the Drive client. They must not write files in the calibre library in Drive. Calibre does not access the library in Drive. Instead sync software is used from time to time to update the library in Drive As you can see, following these rules make Drive useless for sharing a library across multiple computers for read/write even if calibre is run on only one computer at a time. They do permit CC and other cloud clients to see your library. Also, I make no guarantee that the above actually works. All I can say is that using the above rules, during my CC testing Drive hasn't destroyed my library.

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02-05-2016, 12:54 PM	#3
VelvetElvis Addict Posts: 258 Karma: 20028 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Fire HD8, Asus, Sony (T1, PRS-300), Kobo (Glo, Touch, Wireless)	Thank you for your input. :-) So the takeaway seems to be that you're safe if read-only access is allowed outside of a single computer updating Drive. My interest is syncing Drive via my PC, but only accessing Drive on the web with Companion. In the interim, I'm using my free OneDrive account with CC, and it works great.

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