IMPROVED: Calibre eBook Data Management: Direct File Addition, Easy Related File Integration!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- My two day old video about adding data files in Calibre was "too little, too late". This one is better, based on the features that were added April 2023.
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Today I'm excited to share a faster way of adding data files to Calibre ebooks. Thanks to a helpful comment by viewer Richard, I learned a direct method, avoiding zipping. I demonstrate this by adding a zip file directly to a book record in Calibre.
*Faster Data File Addition with Calibre*
Better yet: Calibre introduced an even easier method 10 months ago. No more zipping and unzipping- I'll guide you through adding a PNG file (just as an example; it could really be any kind of file) directly to a book record. Files are stored in a separate data folder within the Calibre library for easy management.
*Navigating Challenges: Filtering Books with Data Files*
I'll also highlight a minor Calibre bug, retaining empty data folders. Filtering books with associated data files is a challenge, but I'm here to showcase the step-by-step process of the new efficient method for adding data files to Calibre ebooks.
This is so great Peter. I might have to upgrade from 5.44 to get this new feature. Thanks for explaining it!
Just wondering: is there a reason you've avoided upgrading? My upgrade avoidance story: I had to avoid upgrading a few years ago because my old 2007 MacBook Pro couldn't upgrade to the newest MacOS, which prevented me from upgrading Calibre because of an OS dependency. Eventually my MacBook Pro died (it was 15 years old at that time), so I got a new MacBook Air and finally could upgrade Calibre.
@@DigitizeYourBooks Hi Peter, even though I work in cyber security and preach patching for most apps (like anything that faces the Internet or interacts with downloaded content like browsers, etc.), for an app like Calibre I take the "if it's not broken, don't fix it" approach. At the moment Calibre does everything I need, at version 5.44. If a crucial new feature came along, or some plugin stopped working, then I would upgrade. If I had to start with a new laptop I would probably take your approach too and install the latest version.
@@RichardBejtlich Thanks for the reply. I admire and understand your approach: "if it's not broken, don't fix it". I don't have that much self-control, and generally update as soon as I notice an update is available. I've been pretty lucky so far and haven't had problems; I avoid beta releases, generally.
I tell myself that I just don't want to get left too far behind (e.g. can't smoothly update because the level I'm updating from is too old) and that I'm closing security vulnerabilities, but in reality I'm probably just fascinated by new features.
Contra example: I haven't updated NAPS2 in ages, and just learned (thanks to a viewer question on another video) that a major overhaul happened last year, and NAPS2 is now available for MacOS and Linux (as well as Windows). I had no idea, as NAPS2 doesn't have a "check for updates" feature built in. (Meanwhile, Notepad++ seems to want to update, and asks me to do so, every time I open it!) Cheers!