Cancel optimization???

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Cancel optimization???

How do can I cancel optimization? It is making my book too big to publish and takes hours. I manually optimized all of my content, so that my book would fall below the maximum books size, but the automated optimization made everything larger by at least 15%. Which genius didn't make optimization optional? How can I get the old iBook Author back or kill the optimization in the current disaster, known as 2.0?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), iBook Author

Posted on Oct 25, 2012 11:09 AM

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:14 AM in response to 3dmpro

Prevent or delay until later?

Seen this thread?

Preventing iBooks Author Media Optimization

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3dmpro Author

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Oct 25, 2012 11:17 AM in response to K T

Prevent... As I said, my book size and performance works until the optimization makes the book too big to publish...

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:21 AM in response to 3dmpro

I doubt there is a way to avoid it going forward, sorry.

As always, feel free to use iBA's Feedback menu for changes, additions you'd like in the future.

As well, it may be time to take that 2.0GB volume and break it into two editions of 1.0 GB instead 🙂

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Oct 25, 2012 11:30 AM in response to K T

I remember when Apple actually gave its customers help and options, not excuses and limitations. Good job... More like Microsoft everyday...

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:38 AM in response to 3dmpro

Apple's not here.

Did you have another technical question someone can help with?

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3dmpro Author

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Oct 25, 2012 11:38 AM in response to K T

I'm still waiting for an answer to my first question, thanks...

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:40 AM in response to 3dmpro

If you think Apple will reply here, you have a long wait ahead.

Again, tell Apple what you want via

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks-author.html

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3dmpro Author

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Oct 25, 2012 11:41 AM in response to K T

Your profile pictur makes that rather apparent...

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:43 AM in response to 3dmpro

So, you take it out on a stranger?

Kick your dog instead.

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3dmpro Author

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Oct 25, 2012 11:44 AM in response to K T

No... You appear to be waiting....

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K T

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Oct 25, 2012 11:47 AM in response to 3dmpro

Remember me? I tried to help and engage you in conversation. I'm not the one that made the app you apparently so disdain.

Lashing out blindly is a sign best left to you to handle. Good luck with that.

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3dmpro Author

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Oct 25, 2012 11:50 AM in response to K T

Okay... my mistake... you don't look like you're waiting...

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Oct 26, 2012 4:44 PM in response to 3dmpro

Just a guess, but maybe Apple has a different idea what optimization means. If you are making all your pics as small as possible that means they will take longer to decompress. Apple may optimize with a priority to opening faster. Apple is the company that puts user experience first, not developer convenience.

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Oct 27, 2012 5:11 AM in response to arsfidelis

Image compression wasn't even a problem for Apple 20 years ago... Besides, iBook Author flattens all images when you export... It only appears optimizes video during layout. Besides, Apple is the company that markets itself as a company that's user experience first. Having been a user for much longer than I've been a developer, I definitely say that things are much less user first than they once were. Hipe is one thing, reality is another.

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