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Tagged with ibookstore or books
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Where are my iBooks stored in macOS?
I am looking here for my iBooks in macOS:
/Users/'USERNAME'/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks
But the folder is empty. When I open iBooks (the App) in Sierra, then ...
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Books automatically deletes my books when offline, and when there is enough space on device
There is something strange going on with Books on iPad and iPhone. It keeps deleting some books locally, keeping them in the cloud.
It's frustrating because it happens when I'm offline and I simply ...
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Is it possible to COMPLETELY delete a Book from my purchased books?
Yesterday, I saw that my brother has downloaded an "hentai" on my Mac (shame on me, I didn't lock it !) I deleted it, but it stays on my purchased books, and I don't want it !
Is it possible to ...
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Is there any way to add an ePub book to iBooks without iTunes?
I purchased a book and have it in ePub and PDF formats. I can easily add the PDF to iBooks from Safari. However, I can't find a method to get an ePub book into iBooks without iTunes. I'm away from my ...
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Locating the iBooks folder in iCloud Drive
I'm using iCloud drive to sync my e-books via the iBooks app.
I noticed that the synced files show up in the All My Files view. I tried to find out their exact location, it seems to be iCloud Drive /...
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iOS 11 how to prevent iBooks from moving my books to the cloud?
I see that my iBooks seems to be uploading my books to the cloud without keeping a copy on my local device. So when I reopen the app, I have to wait for the book to do finish downloading (which is a ...
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Where are books stored after iBooks migration on Mavericks?
After upgrading to Mavericks all of my books from iTunes have been migrated to iBooks. They are no longer in my media library and I haven't been able to locate them as of yet. So where does iBooks ...
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How do I collect all of my notes and highlights from iBooks?
I've got a lot of highlighting and notes in iBooks that I've read, and would like to be able to collect them in one easy to use and manipulate format (e.g for writing papers and citing quotes).
For ...
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How to convert an epub package to regular epub?
I have some epub files in my iCloud Drive that are essentially packages. I can show package contents and then it shows me a hierarchy of files and folders.
How can I convert this structure to a ...
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Is there a way to export my highlighted bookmarks in iBooks?
I don't see any native functionality to export highlighted notes made from within iBooks
Is there a third-party tool that will allow this?
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Apple Books won't download any books/files saved in iCloud only on Mac (macOS Big Sur)
I can't download any books/files I saved with iCloud in the Apple Books app on my Mac anymore (it worked before though). Books from the Apple Books store will download fine. I can also download all ...
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Can I Reinstall iBooks?
So I accidently removed iBooks from my installation. Is it possible to reinstall that app again without reinstalling Mavericks?
If so, how?
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eBook formats - Kindle to iBook and back?
I am thinking of moving my extensive eBook library to iBooks or Kindle. Has anyone done this, and what does it take?
I just don't want book libraries in multiple proprietary formats, and have to look ...
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"The operation couldn’t be completed. (BKAgentServiceErrorDomain error 8.)"
I recently updated to High Sierra, and am now unable to open books (ePubs/PDFs alike) via iBooks. These books are there, I can drag them out to my Desktop or sync them to my iPad, but they do not open ...
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iBooks preview not working?
I recently converted one of my books into an iBooks format using Author. However when I connected to my iPad and went into 'preview', I saw my device, clicked it, but the 'preview' button to enable ...
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Don't want iBooks to always paste the "Excerpt From" of what I have copied
I read on iBooks, and some other resources and gather my notes in EverNote.
When I copy a text from iBooks to keep it as a note in some other external application like EverNote, it keeps pasting the ...
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"Swift Programming Language" iBook Not Updating
I've recently been researching Swift development as I have grown tired of Objective-C. However, the book I am reading (Apple's official guide) will not update to the latest version on my Mac. It ...
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iBooks series metadata
In iBooks on 10.10, books can have series metadata as shown in the image.
What metadata do I need to add to an external epub (i.e. not from ibook store) so that it can be displayed as a series?
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iBooks not syncing/uploading to icloud
I'm using iBooks 1.7 on macOS Sierra (but have had this issue since iCloud syncing via iBooks has been available). Books added via file > Add To Library are not being synced across my devices.
I ...
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Sync iOS iBooks to OS X iBooks
Is there a way to sync the iBooks that were not purchased from iTunes on my iOS device with my OS X iBooks? Specifically, I have some PDFS I'd like to sync.
Please note I am seeking to synchronize ...
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Can I add or change the author of a PDF file in iBooks?
I had several PDF files in iTunes that I had added authors to. Then I upgraded to Mavericks and launched iBooks. It moved my books and PDFs from iTunes, but many of my PDFs now show the author as "...
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Read epub book purchased from iTunes on Windows
I have purchased a book through iTunes, it is formatted as an epub. Is there anyway I can read it in a Windows PC?
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Sync books from iBooks on Mac with iBooks on iPhone
This task should be very easy to solve, but still, I can't do it.
I have downloaded a epub book, dragged it to iBooks app on Mac. Then I go to iTunes, click on iPhone and go to Books tab. I can see ...
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Moving iBooks library to an external drive [closed]
Is there any way to move the existing iBooks library on my MacBook (Mavericks) to an external drive and also ensure iBooks treats that as the new location for all future purposes? I am running out of ...
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Is it possible to search for text in iBooks or the Kindle app?
Is it possible to search for text in iBooks or the Kindle app? I'm deciding whether to buy electronic copies of some of my reference books, but I would only be purchasing them for the ability to ...
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Why won't iTunes let me manually sync PDFs to iBooks?
I have my iPad set to manually manage content (i.e. drag and drop, not sync). I'm trying to add some PDFs to iBooks, but it refuses to let me copy them to my iPad. I can do this with epub books just ...
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How to open PDF files stored in iBooks on iPad in Adobe Reader
I have downloaded PDF files and saved them in iBooks on my iPad. I want to open some PDF files in Adobe Reader but there is no option to do so.
I looked up on internet and it asks for a PC (which I ...
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How to add a shortcut to an individual iBook file to the iPad home screen?
I'm currently in the process of creating an iBook for use within my company. Some of the people who will be using it aren't particularly tech-savvy, so I want to make it as easy as possible for them ...
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Add PDFs to iBooks, without making a copy to com.apple.BKAgentService folder
TL;DR: How do I get rid of duplicate PDF files between the com.apple.BKAgentService iBooks folder and their original location?
My SSD is running out of space, so I'm doing some cleanup. A point that ...
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iCloud Books: Failed to Load Book Because the Requested Resource is Missing
Since updating to iOS 9.3 and 10.11.4, I've decided to finally try and get my eBooks all fixed up and synced between my devices, since I swap between my iPhone and iPad often when reading.
I'm using ...
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How to sync an iBooks collection created on my iPad?
I recently created a few collections in iBooks on my iPad. When I synced my iPad with my Mac, none of the collections that I created in iBooks on my iPad are visible on in iBooks on my Mac. How do I ...
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How to copy text from a book in an application, without a quote and instructions where to get it
I use the BOOKS app on my mac a lot. And I often copy something from there for educational purposes.
Is it possible to somehow delete these signatures that go to the clipboard.
Example:
« Some text »
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booting an iBook from a live linux usb drive
I have a live usb image that seems to run on my lenovo thinkpad that I'd like to get to work on an old iBook (Model A1007). Things I have tried so far
1) Just turning the computer on with the usb in ...
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Boot from USB iBook G4 Power PC
I recently got an old iBook G4 (as many of you might have noticed with all of my recent questions :D) and I wanted to install Ubuntu via USB (the iso doesn't fit on a CD and the iBook doesn't read ...
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Downloaded ibooks get deleted when icloud sync is turned off, even under airplane mode
Recently, I had all my iBooks deleted from local storage as detailed in this question: Books automatically deletes my books when offline, and when there is enough space on device.
I went through and ...
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Words are selected in a weird way in iPad Pro Books!
In Books in IPad Pro 11 inches, iPadOS14.5, sometimes when I want to select part of a text, the first word on which I click is selected like in the picture, and move as I scroll, and doesn’t go away ...
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How can I restore iBooks stored in iCloud from a Time Machine backup?
I found that many of my books and PDFs had been removed from iBooks.
I'm not sure exactly how it happened but recently I had both used the Storage Management app (to remove a few specific books) and ...
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Preference for adding epub to iBooks
In iTunes it was/is possible to prevent files to be copied to iTunes Media folder. Does any of you know if same de-selection is possible in iBooks?
Thanks for lot of useful knowledge sharing
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Epubs from iBooks not showing up in iTunes on Mac OS X Sierra
I have about a few hundred of epubs that I’d regularly been syncing on my iOS devices until I’ve updated to Sierra a few days ago, when suddenly only a few books showed up in iTunes.
I tried turning ...
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How do I force iBooks to sync highlights?
My iBooks books are no longer syncing highlights between macOS and iOS. Highlights I've make on macOS are not appearing on iOS. How do I force this sync to occur?
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If add a file to books, do I need to keep the original file?
Suppose I have a pdf file (i.e. some file that is not purchased through books).
If I add this file to Books, do I need to keep the original file, or does Books make a duplicate copy that it saves ...
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How to install iBooks on iPad
There is no iBooks on my iPad. I went to the iTunes AppStore and searched for iBooks and that showed anything and everything but that app.
So what is the correct way to use/install/download iBooks ?
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On iPad's iBooks, is there a way to sync and download all ebooks purchased elsewhere?
I think on the iPad's iBooks, if we purchase an ebook, then in another iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, then that ebook is automatically downloaded into our bookshelf.
However, what if it is a .epub or ....
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Copy a book with highlights from iPad to computer
I read PDFs on my iPad so that I can easily highlight them. However, I am unable to find out how to easily copy that PDFs (with the highlights) back to my computer. Please note that I am new to Apple ...
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How to sync PDF bookmarks from MacOS Preview to iOS Apple Books?
Apple Books on MacOS opens PDF files in Preview. Preview can bookmark texts using CMD-D. When I open the same book with Apple Books on iOS the bookmarks are not transferred over. I have cloud sync to ...
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iPad Pro iPadOS 14.5, last highlights and notes on Books is lost every time I close Books or shut down
When I close Books app on my iPad Pro iPadOS 14.5, or when I turn off my iPad, the next time I open Books some of my last highlights and notes on the book I was reading the last time are gone. Any ...
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Locating the iBooks folder in iCloud Drive (on Windows)
I need to get the iBooks that are saved in iCloud Drive, using Windows, in a folder path and / or command line solution.
This is a spin-off from Locating the iBooks folder in iCloud Drive which only ...
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