Sync selected books to offline computer
I would like to sync selected (new) books to my offline computer. This computer is too old to be connected anymore.
I tried to copy those books from my Logos Resources folder to a USB stick, then issue the command "scan /Volumes/SANDISK/" in Logos on my offline computer. But it did not work. I don't want to copy the whole Resources folder, which is way too big.
Is there a specific folder structure that Logos is expecting on the USB drive ? Or can I simply copy the selected resources at the root of my USB drive ?
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I would like to sync selected (new) books to my offline computer. This computer is too old to be connected anymore.
I tried to copy those books from my Logos Resources folder to a USB stick, then issue the command "scan /Volumes/SANDISK/" in Logos on my offline computer. But it did not work.
This can't work: Logos needs to confirm your license to new books which requires an online connection to the license servers. Copying the whole resource folder won't change this: your installation needs to have knowledge of your bought licenses.
I don't know how to circumvent this for a fully offline instance (I don't know if there's a local representation of your license status, kept somewhere on a current version of your Logos, that could be copied over to the offline instance), there might even be books/resources that require a newer version of Logos to run at all (my understanding being that current versions of Logos require a secure online connection to the Logos servers at least sometime during installation process)
Have joy in the Lord!
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Hello,
No, I put them at the root of my USB drive. But did not work.
In my case, I try to copy NICOT15EZR.logos4 and NICNT69GA.lbxlls from my Resources folder. It is enough to copy the .logos4 or .lbxlls files matching my resources ?
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This is where I wonder if I'm missing something to achieve offline sync. I saw older posts where scanning resources on a USB drive would work. But I'm unclear what are all the files (incl. the license rights) that I need to copy on the USB drive.
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An old version of MacOS, which did not get any security updates since quite some time... So I don't connect it anymore to the internet. But still runs fine with Logos and I use it from time to time for my Bible study.
Anyway, if there is no way to do offline sync I'll live with the library I have on it. Just wanted to sync newer books if I could, but no issue if I can't.
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I could make it work. The trick was to copy the licenses and the books.
In the Logos data folder of the offline computer (E.g. on a Mac : <home>/Library/Application Support/Logos4/Data/<random name>) :1. Copy the selected books (in my case NICOT15EZR.logos4 and NICNT69GA.lbxlls) into the ResourceManager/Downloaded folder
2. Copy Licenses.dat from the online computer into the LicenseManager folder
3. Run Logos on the offline computer
Logos then correctly imported and indexed the new resources I had copied.
(For the record, I'm running Logos 8 on the offline computer, and Logos 10 on the online computer).Disclaimer: make sure to backup your Logos data folder before making such changes, as incompatibilities may arise when different versions of Logos are run on both computers.
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