Tromso
Level 1 (12 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Export books in Ibooks

I have some iBooks that I want to export to my Kobo e reader. (I also use Calibre to sort and transfer my books.) Previous answers have said the books are held in Documents/iBooks but I do not have that directory. When I open iBooks I can see the books on screen with the top left note iBooks

Thanks in anticipation

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), Time Capsule, Airport Express

Posted on Aug 24, 2016 1:41 PM

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Q: Export books in Ibooks

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Aug 24, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Tromso
    Level 6 (19,670 points)
    iTunes
    Aug 24, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Tromso

    Normally, iBooks files are stored at this location:

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

     

    You can copy and paste this into the Finder search field.

  • by Tromso,

    Tromso Tromso Aug 24, 2016 1:51 PM in response to Rysz
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Mac OS X
    Aug 24, 2016 1:51 PM in response to Rysz

    Thanks for the prompt response. I am new to Apple but I have found the library directory and don't have a containers sub directory.

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz Aug 24, 2016 7:34 PM in response to Tromso
    Level 6 (19,670 points)
    iTunes
    Aug 24, 2016 7:34 PM in response to Tromso

    There are multiple Libraries, one for the computer in general and one for each user account. The tilde in the path is a symbol for your user account. Copy and paste...

     

    If there's still nothing in your Library folder, try looking in the iTunes folder.

     

    Mac Basics guide from Apple:

    https://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Aug 25, 2016 3:24 AM in response to Tromso
    Level 9 (78,979 points)
    Aug 25, 2016 3:24 AM in response to Tromso

    Tromso wrote:

     

    I have some iBooks that I want to export to my Kobo e reader.

     

    If these are books in the .ibooks format, or if they have been purchased from Apple's iBookstore, they can normally only be read on an Apple device.

  • by Tromso,

    Tromso Tromso Sep 5, 2016 9:43 AM in response to Rysz
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 5, 2016 9:43 AM in response to Rysz

    Hi, From the Main Macintosh HD I have a Library directory, it has no containers directory, nor has the Library off the System Directory, nor does my user account off the macintosh HD/Users/myname

     

    Guess I'm fated not to read them.

    Thanks for your help