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Jan 9, 2015 5:36 PM in response to Jane135by Demo,★HelpfulIt is a badge count like you get in the Mail app or the App Store. It means that there is an update for one of your books. I will be darned if I can figure out which books I have that need an update. I have 3 that need updates, but I cannot figure out which ones they are.
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Jan 9, 2015 6:08 PM in response to Demoby Jane135,Thanks, Demo. That helps. I have 35 and can't figure how how to get rid of them. I have a class at the local Apple Store next week and I will pose this question. If I get a satisfactory answer,my will let you know!
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Jan 9, 2015 6:22 PM in response to Jane135by Demo,★HelpfulThank you. I just cannot figure out which books need the updates. I have tried everything that I can think of, and the Apple support article makes it sound like it should be obvious, but it isn't to me.
Good luck and post back.
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Jan 9, 2015 6:34 PM in response to Demoby bobseufert,Aloha Demo. When I had a iBook uodate after going to purchased in iBooks I remember seeing update available in fine print when the User Guide needed updating. Unfortunately I don't have any updates right now so I can't say for sure. Bob.
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Jan 9, 2015 7:37 PM in response to bobseufertby Demo,Hi Bob. Actually, I assumed that the user guide was one of the books that needed an update, but, I don't see how to invoke it. My update badge is off to the right as well and there is something wrong with this whole thing IMO. I am not an iBooks user at all other than for the iPad user guides, so I am by no means fluent in iBooks. Take a look at this badge.
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Jan 9, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Demoby rbrylawski,Demo.......just tap the purchased Tab and you'll see what books are available for update. Tap Update next to the book and the book will update. And so too will the update notification circle with the number go away.
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Jan 9, 2015 7:48 PM in response to Demoby bobseufert,Unfortunately I don't have any iBooks at the moment that need updating so I checked Newsstand. Newsstand had a badge then I opened newstand and the one paper I have had a blue dot under it. Could the badge in iBooks be similar and mean the iBook has already been updated ?
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Jan 9, 2015 8:00 PM in response to rbrylawskiby Demo,When I tap the Purchased tab, there is no indication whatsoever of which books need an update. There is no word Update anywhere.
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Jan 9, 2015 8:05 PM in response to Demoby rbrylawski,That's interesting. I just checked my iBooks App and there was an update available (it was really a book my partner had purchased, but I hadn't downloaded). Next to the book it said Update in a box, which I tapped and then the alert went away and the area where the word Update was was replaced with downloaded. Not really wanting the book on my iPad, I then had to go to my library and delete it off my device only.
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Jan 9, 2015 8:15 PM in response to rbrylawskiby Demo,I started experimenting and I found one book that did need an update - the original Winnie the Pooh that was free in iBooks years ago. It was purely by accident that this needed an update, as there was nothing but the download cloud next to the book - no Update box. So,my wheels started turning and I downloaded Ywllow Submarine since that was also a free download, but that did not need an update. I swear there is no Update box next to any of my books. I would show you a screenshot but there are a couple of risqué purchases that I should hide first, but I am too lazy to go to my Mac and hide them in iTunes.
Trust me when I tell you that this has been driving me mad.
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Jan 9, 2015 8:16 PM in response to Demoby rbrylawski,LOL on the risque purchases! I believe you my friend. I just wonder why I had an actual Update button and you don't, though you have updates available, per the alert?
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Jan 9, 2015 8:26 PM in response to rbrylawskiby Demo,Knock on my head here.
Once I downloaded all of my books, the update badge went away. Silly me, I assumed that I would see an update Button next to any book that needs an update. Obviously, it only shows if the book is actually on the device. But IMO, that makes no sense. Why drive the user nuts about an update for something, if that something is not even on the device.
Now I will slither off in embarrassment hiding me head .....
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Jan 9, 2015 9:13 PM in response to Demoby rbrylawski,Demo wrote:
Knock on my head here.
Once I downloaded all of my books, the update badge went away. Silly me, I assumed that I would see an update Button next to any book that needs an update. Obviously, it only shows if the book is actually on the device. But IMO, that makes no sense. Why drive the user nuts about an update for something, if that something is not even on the device.
Now I will slither off in embarrassment hiding me head .....
But I had an update available, which was for a book I hadn't downloaded. There was an Update Button next to it. Honest. And when I tapped Update, it downloaded. To which I then had to put it in the cloud because it's not a book I would want to read, so no reason to take up space on my iPad.
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Jan 10, 2015 7:45 AM in response to rbrylawskiby Demo,Great, now I am totally confused.
Like I said, I only use iBooks for the user guides, because like most of the software that Apple designs, IMO, they lack the functionality that I want. I certainly don't use iBooks for pdf files. It's a joke compared to real PDFs aps. I realize it's an all-in-one app, but sometimes that just doesn't cut it.
