Here is my use case. I like to have my ebooks stored in a cloud-based service. I had been using SugarSync for some time, but lately it seems to have gotten a bit buggy in the more recent versions, at least in how it behaves with Calibre.
So I decided to switch to Microsoft SkyDrive. I set it up so that the Calibre library is actually a subdirectory inside SkyDrive itself. This is really a nice setup because now I can have access to all of my ebooks from anywhere in the world, as long as I have my IPad and an internet connection.
The problem occurs when I try to introduce a second computer. This was not problem when I used SugarSync, but SkyDrive does things a bit differently and I have not been able to get it to work.
So I have computer A (let's say my desktop machine), and I was able to successfully move my library from my local drive to SkyDrive. This worked without a hitch. I also have computer B (my laptop), and I would like to have Calibre installed on it as well, and also for it to point to the same cloud drive as the other computer does. This way, whether I'm using computer A or B would not matter; I could simply add my book to calibre on either machine and the ebook file would make its way onto the cloud drive, and I would eventually be able to detect the new book addition on the other computer.
Unfortunately I have not been able to get the above to work. On computer B, when I try to change the location of the library and point to the cloud drive, calibre complains that I must choose an empty folder.
What would be nice is if I could just tell Calibre the location of an existing calibre library and have it automatically "rebuild" the library locally on that running instance. Am I making any sense here? Anyone have any idea if this sort of thing is doable? Thanks in advance.
Steve.
So I decided to switch to Microsoft SkyDrive. I set it up so that the Calibre library is actually a subdirectory inside SkyDrive itself. This is really a nice setup because now I can have access to all of my ebooks from anywhere in the world, as long as I have my IPad and an internet connection.
The problem occurs when I try to introduce a second computer. This was not problem when I used SugarSync, but SkyDrive does things a bit differently and I have not been able to get it to work.
So I have computer A (let's say my desktop machine), and I was able to successfully move my library from my local drive to SkyDrive. This worked without a hitch. I also have computer B (my laptop), and I would like to have Calibre installed on it as well, and also for it to point to the same cloud drive as the other computer does. This way, whether I'm using computer A or B would not matter; I could simply add my book to calibre on either machine and the ebook file would make its way onto the cloud drive, and I would eventually be able to detect the new book addition on the other computer.
Unfortunately I have not been able to get the above to work. On computer B, when I try to change the location of the library and point to the cloud drive, calibre complains that I must choose an empty folder.
What would be nice is if I could just tell Calibre the location of an existing calibre library and have it automatically "rebuild" the library locally on that running instance. Am I making any sense here? Anyone have any idea if this sort of thing is doable? Thanks in advance.
Steve.