Calibre from 2 different Macs, same Library - Page 2

JSWolf · 12-29-2024, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Of course.

The content server is the only perfectly safe way for multi-user access. And it doesn't require the same calibre version (or even calibre at all for anyone besides the host).

Sharing the library folder directly between several users is just not safe.

I'm the only one who uses calibre here. So I'm not as risk of muliple users at once.

Quoth · 12-30-2024, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm the only one who uses calibre here. So I'm not as risk of muliple users at once.

You mean less risk. You might forget to close an instance.

JSWolf · 12-30-2024, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quoth

You mean less risk. You might forget to close an instance.

I've never closed an instance of calibre when running another. Most of the time i use calibre on the laptop.

theducks · 12-30-2024, 12:12 PM

Jon and others:
Let us ALL stick with Kovid's official stance on this in these forums.

Don't

DNSB · 12-30-2024, 04:27 PM

The last person I talked to who learned the lesson about not having multiple copies of calibre open to access their library forgot that his main computer was running an scheduled task to auto-add books. He was accessing his library over a network share from his laptop to update metadata when that task ran. We spent some quality time recovering his library.

So I agree with what @theducks wrote. Just Don't

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12-30-2024, 12:12 PM	#19
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,328 Karma: 62025226 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Jon and others: Let us ALL stick with Kovid's official stance on this in these forums. Don't

12-30-2024, 04:27 PM	#20
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 48,698 Karma: 174510110 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The last person I talked to who learned the lesson about not having multiple copies of calibre open to access their library forgot that his main computer was running an scheduled task to auto-add books. He was accessing his library over a network share from his laptop to update metadata when that task ran. We spent some quality time recovering his library. So I agree with what @theducks wrote. Just Don't

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