I cannot transfer mobi ebooks to Kobo Glo HD on MACOSX

flufje · 05-27-2015, 06:54 AM

Hi there,
I recently bought a Kobo Glo HD and I'm very happy with it.
I have Calibre on Windows 8.1 and macosX.
With Calibre on Windows 8.1 I can transfer mobi ebooks to the ereader ( after correctly specify " mobi" in the device plugin ( in my case it was originally not selected )
If I do exactly the same thing, using Calibre on MacOSX ( yosemite ) Calibre will anyway try to convert the ebook ( .. yes, I restarted Calibre after making the changes in the plug in..=]).

Does anybody have an idea of why and how to fix this?

Thanks
F.

davidfor · 05-27-2015, 08:00 AM

I can't think of a reason for that. Did you check that the mobi option was still selected after restarting calibre? Maybe something is preventing the changes from being saved. The only other thing I can think of is to run in debug mode and post the log when sending a book.

meeera · 05-27-2015, 08:06 AM

Convert them to epub first anyway - Kobo handles epubs smoothly, mobis have various glitches. And mobi->epub conversion is typically completely painless.

flufje · 05-27-2015, 08:35 AM

I agree about the conversion Meera and yes, davidfor, i checked and the mobi option was still selected..

I personally cannot think of a reason for this either..just whould like to understand and why this happen.

I'll run in debug mode and will post the log shortly

Thanks

05-27-2015, 06:54 AM	#1
flufje Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I cannot transfer mobi ebooks to Kobo Glo HD on MACOSX Hi there, I recently bought a Kobo Glo HD and I'm very happy with it. I have Calibre on Windows 8.1 and macosX. With Calibre on Windows 8.1 I can transfer mobi ebooks to the ereader ( after correctly specify " mobi" in the device plugin ( in my case it was originally not selected ) If I do exactly the same thing, using Calibre on MacOSX ( yosemite ) Calibre will anyway try to convert the ebook ( .. yes, I restarted Calibre after making the changes in the plug in..=]). Does anybody have an idea of why and how to fix this? Thanks F.

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05-27-2015, 08:00 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I can't think of a reason for that. Did you check that the mobi option was still selected after restarting calibre? Maybe something is preventing the changes from being saved. The only other thing I can think of is to run in debug mode and post the log when sending a book.

05-27-2015, 08:06 AM	#3
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,658 Karma: 66420972 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Convert them to epub first anyway - Kobo handles epubs smoothly, mobis have various glitches. And mobi->epub conversion is typically completely painless.

05-27-2015, 08:35 AM	#4
flufje Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I agree about the conversion Meera and yes, davidfor, i checked and the mobi option was still selected.. I personally cannot think of a reason for this either..just whould like to understand and why this happen. I'll run in debug mode and will post the log shortly Thanks

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