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!!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044645#Comment_1044645

BUMP...

Faithlife?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044711#Comment_1044711

Any insights from Faithlife folks??

Joe McCune (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044856#Comment_1044856

"Preparing Library" can mean that Logos is doing one of several things:

Checking to make sure everything in the Library was fully downloaded
Checking if it needs to download new or updated Library resources
Putting the finishing touches on what it has indexed

It's normal for Logos to quickly Prepare the Library each time you start Logos. The process may take much longer if there has been a major update, or you purchased a lot of new resources.

James, if you find that Logos is perpetually Preparing the Library, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-875-6467 or customerservice@faithlife.com.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044865#Comment_1044865

Hi Joe

It's normal for Logos to quickly Prepare the Library each time you open the Library.

Did you mean “open the Library” or “start Logos” here?

Joe McCune (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044867#Comment_1044867

Thanks for catching that Graham.

I did mean “start Logos”. I have edited my post accordingly.

Joe McCune (Faithlife)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044870#Comment_1044870

And if anyone is interested, here is a more technically accurate description:

"Preparing Library" essentially means that Logos is moving downloaded resource files into the permanent location, and/or updating library catalog with new resource metadata.

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.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1044879#Comment_1044879

Thanks for satisfying our curiosity!

Peter