Disappointment with iBooks 1.1 PDF support
Unless I'm missing something…
The only way to get a PDF into iBooks 1.1 for it to be an attachment in Mail. You have to download the attachment, QuickLook it, then click the "Open in…" button near the top. If you have a collection of PDFs you want on your iPad, you have to email them to yourself to get them on it.
But wait, there's more. If your PDF is "too large," you cannot open it in Mail. How large is too large? I'm not sure of the cutoff, but a couple of 21 MB magazines would not open for me.
There does not seem to be a way to open a PDF in Safari and put it in iBooks like there is with Mail.
I have been using forScore to read PDFs, and they have the ability to sync PDFs under the Apps tab in iTunes. That would have been a nice feature for iBooks.
If anyone has figured out a better way to get PDFs into iBooks, please share it.
The only way to get a PDF into iBooks 1.1 for it to be an attachment in Mail. You have to download the attachment, QuickLook it, then click the "Open in…" button near the top. If you have a collection of PDFs you want on your iPad, you have to email them to yourself to get them on it.
But wait, there's more. If your PDF is "too large," you cannot open it in Mail. How large is too large? I'm not sure of the cutoff, but a couple of 21 MB magazines would not open for me.
There does not seem to be a way to open a PDF in Safari and put it in iBooks like there is with Mail.
I have been using forScore to read PDFs, and they have the ability to sync PDFs under the Apps tab in iTunes. That would have been a nice feature for iBooks.
If anyone has figured out a better way to get PDFs into iBooks, please share it.
MacBook Pro 15", iMac G5 20", MacBook Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPad, iPod touch
