Curious... "Preparing Library"

Curious: What does "Preparing Library..." mean? What is the program actually doing?

Thanks,

Peter

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James H. Schafer

I don't know the answer to your question, but it seems that my program is almost in a continuous "Preparing Library." Sometimes it hangs on 5% for several hours on end. I, too, am curious!!

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Faithlife?

Any insights from Faithlife folks??

Mark Barnes

If you want even more detail of what's happening in this stage, this post of mine from 2013 is still true, I think and seems to chime with Joe's explanation: https://community.logos.com/forums/p/75059/525016.aspx#525016.

It said:

Stage 1 of 'preparing your library' is the discovery mode. It scans through the downloads, compares them to existing resources, and moves them to the correct location. It's pretty quick, just 1 or 2s per resource.
Stage 2 of 'preparing your library' updates the library catalog. This makes sure all the data in your library is up to date with the new resources, and copies in the thumbnails and other metadata. This takes 1-2s per resource, plus another 5-30s depending on the size of your library.
Stage 3 of 'preparing your library' create the keylink databases. This is your prioritisations, so creating this database is crucial for Logos to be able to access your resources from Guides, Biblical Facts, Parallel Resources, and so on. This is usually fairly quick.

Thanks for satisfying our curiosity!

Peter