The book has been deleted. please help me!

atasagun · 02-10-2023, 06:20 AM

The book I added to the calibre library was spontaneously deleted. I made a lot of corrections in the book. Is it possible for me to return the book?

ownedbycats · 02-10-2023, 01:21 PM

Check your system's recycle bin. If it's there, don't restore! You need to copy it out to another folder and then re-add it.

BetterRed · 02-10-2023, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by atasagun

The book I added to the calibre library was spontaneously deleted.
. . .

Highly improbable.

At some stage you probably turned off the warning message for Remove Books, and then at a later time you hit the Del key.

Suggested solutions:

a) change the keyboard shortcut e.g. from Del to Shift+Del;
b) restore the warning message (Preferences->Behaviour) and leave it be;
c) or be like me, a) and b)

BR

theducks · 02-10-2023, 04:16 PM

Watch out for the tag: "news"

There is a setting on the Fetch News form, that sets the Auto Delete after ## days.

JSWolf · 02-10-2023, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atasagun

The book I added to the calibre library was spontaneously deleted. I made a lot of corrections in the book. Is it possible for me to return the book?

You could also try to find an undelete program for your OS and se eif you can undelete it.

atasagun · 02-10-2023, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Highly improbable.

At some stage you probably turned off the warning message for Remove Books, and then at a later time you hit the Del key.

Suggested solutions:

a) change the keyboard shortcut e.g. from Del to Shift+Del;
b) restore the warning message (Preferences->Behaviour) and leave it be;
c) or be like me, a) and b)

BR

I read the book at night and then turned off the computer. When I turned on the computer in the morning it was not there. I did not delete it myself. I'm sure of that.

atasagun · 02-11-2023, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Check your system's recycle bin. If it's there, don't restore! You need to copy it out to another folder and then re-add it.

I am using macos as the operating system. These are the files in the trash. Some are copies of the book I deleted. I don't know which of these it is. Can you rewrite what I should do next?

atasagun · 02-11-2023, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Watch out for the tag: "news"

There is a setting on the Fetch News form, that sets the Auto Delete after ## days.

Isn't this setting news related to automatic deletion? My book was deleted.

BetterRed · 02-11-2023, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by atasagun

I read the book at night and then turned off the computer. When I turned on the computer in the morning it was not there. I did not delete it myself. I'm sure of that.

Did you save the book and close the editor before turning the computer off - MacOS will delete files if they are left open for an extended period, which incudes the time the Mac is powered down.

Restore the one with the most recent remove date.

That there are 33 instances of what appears to be the same book in the Trash Can suggests 'something' has been 'deleting' them every time you edited the epub.

BR

atasagun · 02-11-2023, 01:05 AM

Master, after realizing that the book had been deleted spontaneously, I added each copy on my computer to calibre and checked for the deleted book. And then when I realized that they were not self-deleting books, I deleted them myself. One of them may be a self-deleting book. But I don't know which one it is. I just started using caliber. I don't quite know how to use it. Thank you for your interest.

02-10-2023, 06:20 AM	#1
atasagun Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: macos	The book has been deleted. please help me! The book I added to the calibre library was spontaneously deleted. I made a lot of corrections in the book. Is it possible for me to return the book?

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ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,983 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Check your system's recycle bin. If it's there, don't restore! You need to copy it out to another folder and then re-add it.

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atasagun Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: macos	Master, after realizing that the book had been deleted spontaneously, I added each copy on my computer to calibre and checked for the deleted book. And then when I realized that they were not self-deleting books, I deleted them myself. One of them may be a self-deleting book. But I don't know which one it is. I just started using caliber. I don't quite know how to use it. Thank you for your interest.