Some Books Loaded, Some Books Not

MarjaE · 06-18-2016, 05:16 PM

I am working on a project where I've loaded some of the reference books into Calibre, but haven't loaded others.

Right now, I have to (1) open Calibre for the books I've loaded into Calibre, and I have to open the relevant folder for the books I haven't loaded.

I can see 3 other ways of working this. (2) Export the ones in Calibre back out, and try not to re-import them later. (3) Export an alias of the ones in Calibre. I don't think it's possible yet, and I don't know whether the same tool would work in OS X, Linux, and Windows. (4) Import everything into Calibre.

Has anyone else found another solution?

BetterRed · 06-18-2016, 05:53 PM

MarjaE - on Windows shortcut files (.LNK) can be added to books - Drag-n-Drop works best.

My understanding is that OSX Aliases are an analogue of Windows Shortcuts, so DnD of an Alias file from Finder to Calibre Book List or Book Details 'should' work.

In Windows if I click on the .LNK file in Book Details or select it from the View specific format list, Windows kicks in and does the right thing - i.e. it opens the LNK target with the default handler for the target file type. Hopefully OSX does the same for an Alias file.

BR

06-18-2016, 05:16 PM	#1
MarjaE Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 53902736 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: multiple	Some Books Loaded, Some Books Not I am working on a project where I've loaded some of the reference books into Calibre, but haven't loaded others. Right now, I have to (1) open Calibre for the books I've loaded into Calibre, and I have to open the relevant folder for the books I haven't loaded. I can see 3 other ways of working this. (2) Export the ones in Calibre back out, and try not to re-import them later. (3) Export an alias of the ones in Calibre. I don't think it's possible yet, and I don't know whether the same tool would work in OS X, Linux, and Windows. (4) Import everything into Calibre. Has anyone else found another solution?

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06-18-2016, 05:53 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,569 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	MarjaE - on Windows shortcut files (.LNK) can be added to books - Drag-n-Drop works best. My understanding is that OSX Aliases are an analogue of Windows Shortcuts, so DnD of an Alias file from Finder to Calibre Book List or Book Details 'should' work. In Windows if I click on the .LNK file in Book Details or select it from the View specific format list, Windows kicks in and does the right thing - i.e. it opens the LNK target with the default handler for the target file type. Hopefully OSX does the same for an Alias file. BR

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