Prevent Books from offloading files on iPad Air

Hi marcjbannes,

welcome to this Apple (user-to-user) Community!

Re: "Prevent Books from offloading files on iPad Air" : ... Certainly there is a way to toggle this off and prevent frustrating offloading when using the device to read in a location without WIFI."

See Apple support's online article:

About purchasing movies, TV shows, music, books, and ringtones from Apple - Apple Support

Eg: says:

“Any digital media you buy from Apple can be permanently downloaded on to an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Windows PC.”

and

“Once downloaded, you can access content without an internet connection, and Apple can’t remove it from your device.”

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Re: "I don’t want my iPad Air to offload files from Books".

Wondering whether you may be short on memory / storage space for smooth operation of your iPad, as well as for storing all your Book files. If so, it is wise to back-up your iPad before making more space available.

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If needed: See the article: How to check the storage on your iPhone and iPad - Apple Support

or

Apple Support also have a video online, that can guide you to check storage, and make more space.

How to free up storage space on your iPhone or iPad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwjcYyCneNc

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If needed: See how to : Redownload books and audiobooks

All the best :-)

It's genuinely impressive how unhelpful this reply is - someone asked about keeping Apple Books from removing downloads on an iPad, and the reply was A: how to download to a computer, and B: how to sort storage on an iPad. Neither of which have almost anything at all to do with the question. Didn't Apple used to be known for good service, and well-made systems? Why am I still using these "premium" devices if I cannot get help for basic questions and the applications cannot handle basic features?

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