Transfering calibre library to another computer

[valiha.livejournal.com]

I'm back with another question.

Originally, I had calibre installed on my desktop computer, but for some reason, it was very resource intensive, and it made my fan go nuts every time I started it. So, I uninstalled it from my desktop and installed it on my netbook. I haven't had any problems with it since, and have been working on getting the settings tweaked according to my needs.

The only thing that's problematic is the small screen size of my netbook, and I'd like to try installing calibre on my desktop again. I'd like to keep the settings I made. Is that possible, or will I have to copy and paste every change I made to the preferences, and recreate custom columns for the desktop installation?

Thank you in advance!

Comments

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

I would have thought the best place to ask a question like that is the Calibre forum over on mobile read here http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166

[amalthia]

In order to save your settings and transfer them to another computer you'll need to go to Preferences -- Advanced -- Miscellaneous and select the button/link that says Open Calibre configuration directory. Save the directory path because it should be the same on your desktop as it is on your notebook.

Then copy entire folder contents to your desktop computer and overwrite your desktop Calibre configuration. All your settings are in that config folder.

Before I reformat my computer I make sure to save that folder to my backup as well as my Calibre Library.