Where is the Recycle Bin?

Aristoexian · 11-12-2021, 05:51 PM

I feel chagrinned asking and yet I've searched the GUI and documentation and nothing stands out. I even checked in my (Mac) directories.

I'm hoping fix several titles that lost all formats after moving my library. It's a little scary that this can happen when we have no awareness of how. Any help would be appreciated. I perused the other thread about this but my you boys play rough!

BetterRed · 11-12-2021, 06:16 PM

How did you move your library, via MacOS or calibre?

BR

Aristoexian · 11-12-2021, 10:17 PM

Within Calibre. From around 7,000 titles I lost 377. Tomorrow I'll see if their folders are in the old location. Frustrating that I can't see the Recycle Bin so many refer to.

Karellen · 11-12-2021, 10:29 PM

I was caught out by that in my early travels.

I had two Authors - Arthur C Clarke and Arthur C. Clarke, so I merged one into the other and realised a few months later that all my photoshop source files had been deleted in the move.

I am not aware of any Recycle Bin in Calibre.

This won't help you for your current issue, but if you right-click on the "ebooks" icon (between Remove books and Save to disk), select "Library Maintenance" then "Check Library". It will run through a quick diagnostic, then ask if you want to open a report. Answer Yes.

You will see an item "Unknown files in books". From my experimenting, if a book has entries listed here, and you then move/merge the book within Calibre, then these files will be deleted.

Hopefully that is of use to you in the future so you can quickly check before moving books around.

theducks · 11-13-2021, 04:12 AM

Calibre uses the OS'es recycle bin (when it does use it)

BetterRed · 11-13-2021, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aristoexian

Frustrating that I can't see the Recycle Bin so many refer to.

In MacOS it's called the Trash can, should be in the dock.

Did you move the library with MacOS Finder or with the Calibre->«library-name»->Create/Switch->Move current library to new location action?

BR

Aristoexian · 11-13-2021, 01:08 PM

Well that would have been useful to know. The name for it threw me off. Thanks for the kind help.

11-12-2021, 05:51 PM	#1
Aristoexian New Here Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upper Midwest Device: iPad Pro \| iPhone 11 \| MBP	Where is the Recycle Bin? I feel chagrinned asking and yet I've searched the GUI and documentation and nothing stands out. I even checked in my (Mac) directories. I'm hoping fix several titles that lost all formats after moving my library. It's a little scary that this can happen when we have no awareness of how. Any help would be appreciated. I perused the other thread about this but my you boys play rough!

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11-12-2021, 06:16 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	How did you move your library, via MacOS or calibre? BR

11-12-2021, 10:17 PM	#3
Aristoexian New Here Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upper Midwest Device: iPad Pro \| iPhone 11 \| MBP	Within Calibre. From around 7,000 titles I lost 377. Tomorrow I'll see if their folders are in the old location. Frustrating that I can't see the Recycle Bin so many refer to.

11-12-2021, 10:29 PM	#4
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,688 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I was caught out by that in my early travels. I had two Authors - Arthur C Clarke and Arthur C. Clarke, so I merged one into the other and realised a few months later that all my photoshop source files had been deleted in the move. I am not aware of any Recycle Bin in Calibre. This won't help you for your current issue, but if you right-click on the "ebooks" icon (between Remove books and Save to disk), select "Library Maintenance" then "Check Library". It will run through a quick diagnostic, then ask if you want to open a report. Answer Yes. You will see an item "Unknown files in books". From my experimenting, if a book has entries listed here, and you then move/merge the book within Calibre, then these files will be deleted. Hopefully that is of use to you in the future so you can quickly check before moving books around.

11-13-2021, 04:12 AM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre uses the OS'es recycle bin (when it does use it)

11-13-2021, 01:08 PM	#7
Aristoexian New Here Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upper Midwest Device: iPad Pro \| iPhone 11 \| MBP	Well that would have been useful to know. The name for it threw me off. Thanks for the kind help.