TONS OF BOOK DOWNLOADS VANISHED

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TONS OF BOOK DOWNLOADS VANISHED

I recently lost tons of ibook downloads and i can't recover them. I had over 200 books in my books but now its only showing me 93. However, on my mac, when I go to manage iCloud, I can see two different icons for apple books. One has 73 MB and the other has 550 KB, I'm assuming the latter is where my actual files are but I can't access them on my mac or my phone, nor on the cloud drive site. its like they just disappeared but are still floating around somewhere in there. I also looked in my purchased books not on this mac or phone, theres nothign there. please help, I have years of books just gone!

MacBook Air, macOS 13.3

Posted on Apr 6, 2023 7:41 PM

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Ali_E1

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Apr 9, 2023 7:10 PM in response to fanta241

Hi fanta241,

The steps outlined in "If you don't see a book in your library" by help you recover your books.

Read books and more with Apple Books

If you don't see a book in your library

• Turn on iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Go to Settings, tap your name, tap iCloud, then turn on both iCloud Drive and Books. Then go to Settings > Books. Under Syncing, turn on iCloud Drive.

• Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or update your Mac.

• If you previously deleted a book, redownload the book.

• If you previously hid a book, unhide the book.

You may be able to follow the guidance in that article to redownload the missing books on either your iPhone or your Mac. This Apple Support article has specific instructions for each device: Redownload books and audiobooks

We also encourage you to check your iCloud storage. When you run out of storage, you may not be able to access some of your iCloud content until you make more space available or upgrade as outlined here: Manage your iCloud storage

Thank you for being part of the Apple Support Communities.

Kindest Regards.

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