Book Isle new-device checks: restore files, notes and remote access

Familiar covers on a new phone or iPad do not establish a restored personal library. Verify Book Isle files, reading records, remote connections and device settings separately while the old device remains usable. Start by reading one book, restore the rest progressively and consider old-device cleanup only after checks.

Inventory the assets on the old device

Separate original books, progress and notes, metadata and labels, and remote connection information. Originals may be local, in a file provider or on a NAS; records may use existing WebDAV sync. Select three familiar books and important notes. Matching total counts can still conceal missing essentials.

Record editions, chapters and quotations. Note service, address and directory for connections while managing passwords through your usual system. Export and reopen important notes, then retain originals. Yesterday's successful sync does not validate today's unsynced reading changes.

Establish an independent source for book files

Open samples on the old device or source tool and confirm completeness. Verify NAS paths and permissions or cloud originals. For material found only locally, use supported means to preserve it in a definite location. Cover caches and statistics exports are not book originals.

For multiple formats and revisions, identify the main reading copy. Substituting a different edition during migration can invalidate old note locations. Edition and source inventories support restoring the same text more reliably than remembering a title. Keep important copies until actual reading and records work on the new device.

Build a minimal shelf first

After installation, import one small known-good EPUB and check title, contents, beginning and end. Read briefly, leave and reopen. Verify the local workflow before adding every NAS, restoring all settings or importing thousands of books. Small samples make errors easier to isolate without burying records among experiments.

Add a PDF or another commonly used format and inspect its relevant diagrams, page numbers or audio. EPUB success does not validate other formats. Management-only originals still need the readable companion copies you previously used; a new device does not automatically convert them.

Restore records through the existing sync process

Finish one clear sync on the old device and establish that important recent records are saved. Configure the same dedicated WebDAV location on the new device, understanding the baseline and first direction according to current controls. Preserve any new-device test notes you need before choosing an overwrite operation.

Check actual note text, labels and chapter locations after restoration, beyond timestamps or success messages. If titles and records appear but text will not open, obtain original files separately. Reading-data sync does not mean that EPUB, PDF and audio files have all transferred automatically.

Restore remote connections individually

Check the WebDAV, SMB, OPDS or Calibre services you actually use one at a time, browsing a small directory and retrieving one file. Verify server account permissions and app membership separately. The old device working does not prove identical new-device configuration; use real current paths and ports rather than guesses from old screenshots.

Inspect middle and ending after download and reopen offline to verify a required local copy. Home and external networks have different reachability conditions. Leave unnecessary connections for later rather than repeatedly changing server settings under unsuitable conditions merely to call migration complete; retain clear outstanding tasks.

Set reading and access preferences on the new screen

Adjust available type size, spacing and appearance and observe changes after sync. Different screen page counts need not indicate different text locations; compare chapters and quotations. Configure and test app lock against the new device's system authentication rather than assuming record sync already established access protection.

Return to the Home Screen and reenter to verify lock and resume behaviour. Exported files and album images are managed by their destinations, without inheriting all app-lock protection. Restore settings you actually need instead of demanding that a new system reproduce every control name in an old screenshot.

Keep the old device through cross-checking

Open a novel, illustrated document and important note on the new device against the old edition and content. Create a new test record, sync and verify it on the old device to establish handoff. The old device remains a reference; the first familiar cover is not a reason to erase it or uninstall.

Record restored content, remote originals, books still awaiting download and connections needing work. Migration means essential reading, accessible records and clear sources, rather than duplicating every cache. Before later handling the old device, confirm independent copies and new-device results according to your own retention plan.

Related tutorials and sources

Continue checking your files with local ebook basics and Book Isle multiple-format management. For reading records, see notes and data export.

Checked on October 26, 2026 using Apple's public version information: Book Isle 1.1.3 requires iOS / iPadOS 15.6 or later. Feature scope follows the official App Store listing. This article describes a workflow and checks; it does not claim step-by-step testing on a physical device or private server. Follow the controls in your installed version.