I am trying to figure out to sync the Calibre libraries I have, one on my MacBook Air and one on my Mac Pro.
I have been manually copying the libraries to the iCloud and merging them, but this is tiring.
Can I do a final merge of both libraries with the copy in my iCloud, and then direct Calibre to access that library when it opens on either computer??
Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Not sure if you've gotten your answer by now, but thought I'd chime in.
You need to treat the Calibre library as a black box...don't try to edit or merge files in it. That just confuses Calibre, which keeps track of all of that in a DB file. You need to combine libraries by importing one into the other.
The import process should identify any duplicates and ask if you still want to import them. (Note that how it behaves when it finds a duplicate is determined by your preferences). If there are still some duplicates after the import, you can manually delete them from within Calibre, or install the Calibre duplicates finder plugin.
Hope this helps.
Why not place the libraries onto a hard drive or computer, then upload them to iCloud from there?
They are already on a hard drive! One is on my MacBook Air and the other is on my Mac Pro. I want to be able to synch them automatically, without having to do it manually.
Why are you syncing them manually? Aren't you uploading them to iCloud?
Because the original libraries are on two computers on their flash drives. I want to have the SAME library for both applications on each computer. I guess I need help from someone who is familiar with both Apple's iCloud and the Calibre program/app.
Library #1 - upload to iCloud
Library #2 - upload to iCloud
Done.
Then I would have two separate libraries in the iCloud. I want ONE, the SAME library for each Calibre application one my two computers. Thanks for trying though.
I can't how you'll have "two separate libraries in iCloud" but I tried.
You may want to consider reaching out to Apple Support for further assistance with this issue (link at bottom of the page).
Good luck.
Synching 2 Calibre libraries between 2 Macs
