How to back up preferences and custom recipes?

greenapple · 03-28-2010, 09:54 PM

I've been using Calibre primarily for format conversion and RSS downloading. I need to do a backup of the preferences and custom recipes I made. However I can't find the relevant files in the Calibre folders where they are stored. I've searched under "program files" and "appdata", but didn't have much luck.

Could anyone give me some pointers where I should look and which files I should save, in case when I need to restore them? Thanks.

itimpi · 03-28-2010, 10:57 PM

The Calibre preferences are stored under your profile. On Windows 7 this would be under \users\username\appdata\roaming\calibre. I believe that custom recipies are stored in the metadata.db file.

greenapple · 03-28-2010, 11:20 PM

Thanks very much! I'll back up the data as advised.

kovidgoyal · 03-29-2010, 06:08 AM

You can also find the calibre preference files by going to Preferences->advanced within calibre itself.

03-28-2010, 09:54 PM	#1
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	How to back up preferences and custom recipes? I've been using Calibre primarily for format conversion and RSS downloading. I need to do a backup of the preferences and custom recipes I made. However I can't find the relevant files in the Calibre folders where they are stored. I've searched under "program files" and "appdata", but didn't have much luck. Could anyone give me some pointers where I should look and which files I should save, in case when I need to restore them? Thanks.

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03-28-2010, 10:57 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The Calibre preferences are stored under your profile. On Windows 7 this would be under \users\username\appdata\roaming\calibre. I believe that custom recipies are stored in the metadata.db file.

03-28-2010, 11:20 PM	#3
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	Thanks very much! I'll back up the data as advised.

03-29-2010, 06:08 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,639 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can also find the calibre preference files by going to Preferences->advanced within calibre itself.

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