Unable to find pdfs in the iCloud
I have several pdfs I originally had saved locally on the ipad and opened in the books app (formerly ibooks). I decided I wanted to import them into a more useful book reading app, so moved them over to a different folder and imported them into the app (which removes them off of the ipad). So far so good.
However, I was surprised to see some files were not transferred, and after not finding them on my ipad I determined they had (for some reason) been deleted from my ipad and existed only on the iCloud. I can happily open them in ibooks, see all the notes I made, and open them both on my ipad and iphone.
So I went did a search on my iCloud files and they are definitely not (visible) there either. I contacted Apple Support in the hope they would be able to advise where these get stored and after more than an hour online with them I came no closer to an answer as they simply didn’t understand my problem or else didn’t know the answer. I have spent a couple of hours googling this problem but it seems no one know where these files are stored, and I am pretty much tearing my hair out at this point.
The most information I have come across is that you can find these pdfs by going into settings > profile > iCloud > manage account storage > Apple Books and they are there. Further you can’t do anything with them except delete them. You can’t copy them somewhere else.
I even tried from within ibooks to share them. I tried emailing them to myself, sharing to myself in messenger, sharing in dropbox, copying and pasting to a directory. Any attempts to share or copy just results in creating a text file with the author and book name. I am out of ideas at this point.
Is it just simply a matter that I have lost access to my files and tough luck? Or does anyone know where Apple stores these files on the Cloud?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 17
