09-29-2014, 11:38 PM | #1 |
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Running Calibre in a Cloud
After searching and reading, I am no closer to discovering an answer. My question is:
Can I run my Calibre library in a could without having to maintain the library on my machine. If yes which cloud is compatable with calibre. I have heard of the Calibre Cloud app, however I do not have any android devices so cannot download to my PC. The reason that I want to run it strictly from a cloud is to save space on my laptop. thanks. |
09-30-2014, 12:32 AM | #2 |
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wwaldo - Some folks install calibre portable to Dropbox so that they can access it and all its settings and libraries from any windows machine - home computer, laptop, desktop at work, public PC in library etc. Other folks install calibre on a thumb drive and carry it in their pocket/purse.
You have to maintain the library from a windows, os/x or linux platform (preferably only one of them). Calibre doesn't take that much space ~200MB for 64bit, ~30MB for config data and say 2.5GB for a reasonable size library - so 3GB is maybe all you'll save. Unless you have a lot of large 'books' eg I have one library that's 600GB, but its full of video, audio and image albums. BR |
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09-30-2014, 03:15 PM | #3 | |
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There is no way to avoid having the files saved on the computer a mounted drive at some point, but disk space is usually pretty cheap. My laptop is old enough to have a 40 GB HDD, which is pretty cramped. So I keep a lot of things on my flashdrive, including my calibre libraries. |
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