G Michael Otto
Level 1 (12 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Where are the iBooks physically located now?

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks

IS the location that keeps being referenced, however now instead of books being there there are three SQLite files and no books. I am not using iCloud because that is not an option for me. (I had enabled it previously and there are still a few books still out there, but not being accessed.)

 

so the question is this: where are the books now? Over 2,000 books and pdfs which I sync with my 256GB iPad Pro but I need to access the actual files outside of iBooks and can't find them. Or, are they no longer stored in an iBooks library (which by the way Sierra in another partition, cannot find either) and just referenced in some hidden SQLite DB?

 

I Get no answers from anyone that has been helpful. TIA for any help.

OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Aug 22, 2016 9:43 AM

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Aug 22, 2016 12:24 PM in response to G Michael Otto
    Level 6 (19,670 points)
    iTunes
    Aug 22, 2016 12:24 PM in response to G Michael Otto

    That file path is still where my iBooks files are stored (El Capitan).

     

    Is it possible you never migrated your files from iTunes to iBooks and they're still stored in the iTunes folder?

  • by G Michael Otto,

    G Michael Otto G Michael Otto Aug 22, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Rysz
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 22, 2016 2:04 PM in response to Rysz

    Did that as soon as iBooks was released, eons ago. They're all in El Cap in my user somewhere.

     

    all that's in /Users/~/library/containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BKLibrary

    are three SQLite files, no books

     

     


    In Sierra I did a full migration using Migration Assistant of my user and iBooks can't find any library there and reset does nothing.

  • by G Michael Otto,

    G Michael Otto G Michael Otto Aug 22, 2016 2:10 PM in response to G Michael Otto
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 22, 2016 2:10 PM in response to G Michael Otto

    Did that as soon as iBooks was released, eons ago. They're all in El Cap in my user somewhere.

     

    all that's in /Users/~/library/containers/com.apple.iBooksX/Data/Documents/BKLibrary

    are three SQLite files, no books

     

    and in /Users/~/library/containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/data/Documents/iBooks/book s/Books.plist

    is just the plist file which contains nothing useful


    In Sierra I did a full migration using Migration Assistant of my user and iBooks can't find any library there and reset does nothing.

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Aug 22, 2016 2:23 PM in response to G Michael Otto
    Level 6 (19,670 points)
    iTunes
    Aug 22, 2016 2:23 PM in response to G Michael Otto

    Check the iTunes folder anyway. Nothing to loose...

  • by G Michael Otto,

    G Michael Otto G Michael Otto Aug 22, 2016 5:02 PM in response to Rysz
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 22, 2016 5:02 PM in response to Rysz

    Nope.