Problems with Apple Ventura 13.5

[masonmjs]

Hi,

I have been using Calibre with my Apple devices for years and only since updating to OSX Ventura have I had any problem with Calibre.

I just opened it up and tried to send some books to my Kindle, it refuses to send them on the basis that it can't find any e-books with a compatible format in my Kindle library.

My library has not changed in a few years and contains mostly MOBI and EPUB format books. Calibre can see these but will not open them, convert them or send them to my Paperwhite (which is recognised by the APP).

Please Help if you can !

Cheers
Mike

[DNSB]

Hmmm... if you open the containing folder, do you see the .mobi or .epub file? Have you run check library?

[masonmjs]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Hmmm... if you open the containing folder, do you see the .mobi or .epub file? Have you run check library?

If I open the folders in 'Finder' everything is normal, if I open the folders in Calibre I see the files but they are greyed out (not selectable). I have run Check Library but I don't really understand the results.

If I try to add books and select to add from the Calibre library location it can see the books and metadata files in the correct formats but will not let me select anything.

I would say the database is completely screwed, I tried to restore and rebuild but only made it worse as it now contains only a few entries, mostly quick start guides. I had more than 2000 books in there previously, 44 authors.

The books are all still there of course but Calibre can't add them to the library

[masonmjs]

I would also add that all books in my Calibre Library folder have a valid readable format (mostly MOBI) and an OPF file so Calibre should be showing this in the library ?

I have not personally purchased all of my books, some were given to me by friends etc, is it possible that there is a new security patch that is preventing Calibre from seeing books without a valid purchase 'tag' ??

[DNSB]

calibre does not have a "valid purchase" tag.

Are you using a cloud backup with your calibre library? If so, make sure it is only running when calibre isn't. Otherwise, you may have an issue with your hard drive. Does Drive Repair show any issues when you ran it?

If you can do a screen shot of the results from running Check library, you can use the paperclip/manage attachments tool to attach them to a message.

You might also want to try running calibre in debug mode (Preferences => Restart in debug mode), running Check library and then posting the log file though I'm not certain if debug mode will capture the check library events. Please use code tags around the text and then spoiler tags around the code tags as in the sample below:

Spoiler:

ApplicationPaletteChange event ignored
Using calibre Qt style: True
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
EpubMerge: DEBUG: 2023-08-15 08:39:53,054: calibre_plugins.epubmerge.epubmerge_plugin(156): macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\dbowe\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
FFF: DEBUG: 2023-08-15 08:39:53,065: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(215): Plugin FanFicFare macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\dbowe\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
calibre Debug log
calibre 6.24  embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.22621')
Python 3.10.1
Windows: ('10', '10.0.22621', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: en_CA
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && AZW6 Image Merge (1, 1, 1) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && Annotations (1, 17, 13) && Count Pages (1, 13, 0) && Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 4, 0) && EpubCheck (0, 2, 5) && EpubMerge (2, 16, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 6, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 25, 0) && Find Duplicates (1, 10, 8) && Job Spy (1, 0, 239) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && KFX Input (2, 3, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (2, 2, 0) && KFX Output (2, 2, 0) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && Kobo Books (1, 10, 2) && Kobo Utilities (2, 16, 10) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 6, 4) && Modify ePub (1, 8, 1) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && Open With (1, 8, 1) && Quality Check (1, 13, 6) && Resize Cover (1, 2, 0) && ScrambleEbook (0, 6, 0) && SmartEject (2, 5, 0) && Smashwords Metadata (1, 0, 2)
calibre 6.24  embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.22621')
Python 3.10.1
Windows: ('10', '10.0.22621', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: en_CA
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && AZW6 Image Merge (1, 1, 1) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && Annotations (1, 17, 13) && Count Pages (1, 13, 0) && Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 4, 0) && EpubCheck (0, 2, 5) && EpubMerge (2, 16, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 6, 0) && FanFicFare (4, 25, 0) && Find Duplicates (1, 10, 8) && Job Spy (1, 0, 239) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && KFX Input (2, 3, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (2, 2, 0) && KFX Output (2, 2, 0) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && Kobo Books (1, 10, 2) && Kobo Utilities (2, 16, 10) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 6, 4) && Modify ePub (1, 8, 1) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 9) && Open With (1, 8, 1) && Quality Check (1, 13, 6) && Resize Cover (1, 2, 0) && ScrambleEbook (0, 6, 0) && SmartEject (2, 5, 0) && Smashwords Metadata (1, 0, 2)
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 81.55183946488295 x 81.64285714285714
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.00] Showing splash screen...
[0.16] splash screen shown
[0.16] Initializing db...
[0.16] db initialized
[0.16] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG:    0.0 Annotations plugin: Error loading libiMobileDevice. This hasn't worked for a while, and is blacklisted in calibre v3.
DEBUG:    0.0 Annotations plugin: Error is:  No module named 'calibre.devices.idevice'
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DEBUG:    0.0 Annotations::annotated_books.py - loading translations
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DEBUG:    0.0 Kobo Utilities Configuration - CreateNewCustomColumn is supported
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DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 obok::utilities.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 obok::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 obok::config.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 obok::action_err.py - loading translations
qt.webengine.QWebEngineView OK
Job Spy has begun initialization...
Calibre, and hence Job Spy, was gracefully shut down last time?  True
Last time daemon started:  never
Last time daemon failed:  never
Total daemon starts inception_to_date:  0
Total daemon failures inception-to-date:  0
JS: ===>>> change_gui_alternating_row_colors()
Job Spy has finished initialization...
DEBUG:    0.8 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected
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DEBUG:    0.8 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None'
DEBUG:    0.8 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders

Driver: KoboTouch'
[1.62] main UI initialized...
[1.62] Hiding splash screen
Starting QuickView

[gbm]

It sounds like a permissions problem to me, check if calibre has read/write permission for your library.


bernie

Originally Posted by masonmjs

If I open the folders in 'Finder' everything is normal, if I open the folders in Calibre I see the files but they are greyed out (not selectable). I have run Check Library but I don't really understand the results.

If I try to add books and select to add from the Calibre library location it can see the books and metadata files in the correct formats but will not let me select anything.

I would say the database is completely screwed, I tried to restore and rebuild but only made it worse as it now contains only a few entries, mostly quick start guides. I had more than 2000 books in there previously, 44 authors.

The books are all still there of course but Calibre can't add them to the library

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by gbm

It sounds like a permissions problem to me, check if calibre has read/write permission for your library.

FTR: My resident Mac-xpert, who happens to be hovering over my shoulder, agrees.

BR

[masonmjs]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

FTR: My resident Mac-xpert, who happens to be hovering over my shoulder, agrees.

BR

Thanks for the help, I checked System Settings and Calibre has Full Disk Access and Files and Folders access.

I have worked around the problem by creating a new library and uploading my books from a disk back-up from two years ago. I still have no idea why this stopped working but there you go.