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12-30-2020, 08:08 PM | #16 | |
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But if droppy goes the 512GB Flash drive way, then there would be no need to split. |
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If there are no downsides to splitting a library, then I think this is the way I want to proceed. I prefer this solution versus the recommendations to buy more hardware (hard drive or flash drive).
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I am aware that Google drive changes the modification date of files to whatever the upload date and time is. but I don't see how that will affect manually restoring a calibre library. Does calibri look at modification date when it's time to restore a library? |
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Not sure what you mean by ”move to it”. Also, what do you mean by creating a new library based on the structure of the existing one? |
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I am going to say this again, cloud storage is not a good idea. A good idea is a 512GB USB Flash Drive since you don't want to buy an external hard drive. |
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Sorry, when I said I don't want to buy a hard drive, I meant I didn't want to buy any other hardware (like a flash drive). |
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In any case, using "add from directories" ought to be able to get them back into a library regardless of ID numbers. Last edited by ownedbycats; 12-30-2020 at 08:32 PM. |
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Note that the built-in Calibre import/export also includes the config files. It's mostly for use in migrating systems, not so much as backup.
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Why are you so against buying external storage of some kind? You don't have much of a choice with not enough disk space available. |
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For what it matters, an external enclosure is very useful to have, especially since you can swap out drives.
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Right now, as my original post indicates, I don't have space my entire library. That is why I want to do just a partial backup. And then when it's time to actually upload the data files into my Google cloud account. I plan to ”tar” one or two or three partitions at a time. As for your last question, it's only if it's absolutely necessary. But right now it seems that there is a way for me to accomplish my goal without having to buy more hardware of any type |
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You do need more storage to do what it is you want. So why not just give in and do it so it works? |
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