Deleted Books Came Back

diremommy · 09-30-2019, 04:36 AM

My Dropbox was getting full, so I decided to split my library, one in DB for books, one in Box, for fanfiction. I spent a couple of hours, rounding up all the fanfics, copying them to the new library, and deleting from the old one in DB. I did the “copy to library (delete after copying)” option. But then when I closed and reopened Calibre, all the fic was back! It was all copied over to the new library, but how do I get it to stay gone from Dropbox?

I’m thinking it’s because I was stupid, and forgot to pause syncing while I was working, but I thought I’d be sure, before I repeat the process tomorrow.

theducks · 09-30-2019, 06:48 AM

Stop 2 way sync (forever) as well.
You really only need your cloud to be a replica, not have the ability to sync back from some other devices update

JSWolf · 09-30-2019, 08:59 AM

Keeping yout library on Dropbox may not be the best idea especially when you have a two-way connection.

09-30-2019, 04:36 AM	#1
diremommy Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 14452 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Zenpad S 8, iPad mini 2	Deleted Books Came Back My Dropbox was getting full, so I decided to split my library, one in DB for books, one in Box, for fanfiction. I spent a couple of hours, rounding up all the fanfics, copying them to the new library, and deleting from the old one in DB. I did the “copy to library (delete after copying)” option. But then when I closed and reopened Calibre, all the fic was back! It was all copied over to the new library, but how do I get it to stay gone from Dropbox? I’m thinking it’s because I was stupid, and forgot to pause syncing while I was working, but I thought I’d be sure, before I repeat the process tomorrow.

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09-30-2019, 06:48 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,879 Karma: 59840450 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Stop 2 way sync (forever) as well. You really only need your cloud to be a replica, not have the ability to sync back from some other devices update

09-30-2019, 08:59 AM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,930 Karma: 143098300 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Keeping yout library on Dropbox may not be the best idea especially when you have a two-way connection.

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