Keeping desktop and portable Calibre libraries in sync

mdclanahan · 10-22-2018, 10:35 AM

I run Calibre on my Mac at home and keep a copy of Calibre Portable on an external hard drive for use out and about. Is there an easy/convenient way to keep the libraries in sync between the two builds of Calibre? Can I just copy the library folders to the external drive? I want the portable libraries to always mirror the libraries on my Mac.

Thanks,
mdclanahan

itimpi · 10-22-2018, 10:49 AM

You can just copy the library, but if your library is non-trivial in size you are better of using a sync tool (I use FreeFileSync) to copy the libraries as it will only copy changes which is much faster.

10-22-2018, 10:35 AM	#1
mdclanahan Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Missouri, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPad 6th Gen	Keeping desktop and portable Calibre libraries in sync I run Calibre on my Mac at home and keep a copy of Calibre Portable on an external hard drive for use out and about. Is there an easy/convenient way to keep the libraries in sync between the two builds of Calibre? Can I just copy the library folders to the external drive? I want the portable libraries to always mirror the libraries on my Mac. Thanks, mdclanahan

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10-22-2018, 10:49 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	You can just copy the library, but if your library is non-trivial in size you are better of using a sync tool (I use FreeFileSync) to copy the libraries as it will only copy changes which is much faster.

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