Updating database on Kobo Forma

maddz · Today, 05:21 PM

I've been doing a lot of cleaning up in calibre, and now need to get the cleaned up (and restructured) files onto my Forma. This obvious way to do this is a factory reset and then sideload in batches - which will take ages for around 6,000 books.

Is there a better way of cleaning the database on the Forma, deleting any files not now in the database and only transferring the updated files?

theducks · Today, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by maddz

I've been doing a lot of cleaning up in calibre, and now need to get the cleaned up (and restructured) files onto my Forma. This obvious way to do this is a factory reset and then sideload in batches - which will take ages for around 6,000 books.

Is there a better way of cleaning the database on the Forma, deleting any files not now in the database and only transferring the updated files?

Kobo Utilities (and extended edition has tools to UPDATE the Kobo metadata, TOC (in the Kobo).
Give that a spin before you take the massive Nuke everything path

Those utilities have way more than I have even tried. Look them over

maddz · Today, 07:08 PM

It's not the metadata/TOC, it's the actual database and what will end up as orphan files as the file structure has changed. My understanding is that although the Forma 'sees' the current version on the Forma, when it syncs with Calibre, the updated file isn't recognised as being on the device.

The trouble is that I've cleaned up every file in Calibre which is why in some ways nuking everything and starting over is potentially a good idea.

JSWolf · Today, 07:29 PM

No need to reset your Forma. Plug your Forum into your computer with calibre running and delete your content using calibre. It's the Library (I think) icon on the toolbar with your Forma plugged in. You can use Kobo Utilities to compress the database on the Forma and then you can copy what you want over to your Forma.

Today, 05:21 PM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,684 Karma: 30496938 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Elipsa 2e, Kobo Forma, iPad, Kobo Touch	Updating database on Kobo Forma I've been doing a lot of cleaning up in calibre, and now need to get the cleaned up (and restructured) files onto my Forma. This obvious way to do this is a factory reset and then sideload in batches - which will take ages for around 6,000 books. Is there a better way of cleaning the database on the Forma, deleting any files not now in the database and only transferring the updated files?

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Today, 07:08 PM	#3
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,684 Karma: 30496938 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Elipsa 2e, Kobo Forma, iPad, Kobo Touch	It's not the metadata/TOC, it's the actual database and what will end up as orphan files as the file structure has changed. My understanding is that although the Forma 'sees' the current version on the Forma, when it syncs with Calibre, the updated file isn't recognised as being on the device. The trouble is that I've cleaned up every file in Calibre which is why in some ways nuking everything and starting over is potentially a good idea.

Today, 07:29 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 85,399 Karma: 154365103 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	No need to reset your Forma. Plug your Forum into your computer with calibre running and delete your content using calibre. It's the Library (I think) icon on the toolbar with your Forma plugged in. You can use Kobo Utilities to compress the database on the Forma and then you can copy what you want over to your Forma.

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