How do you copy PDF books from an iMac to an iPad?
I assume you open the iPad on the iMac's desktop and drop the books into the appropriate older . . . . but what is that folder? (I'm enquiring for someone else, hence I don't know what they will be seeing).
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Little knowledge... many opinions.
You can sync them via your Mac's iTunes, the iPad won't mount as a drive on a Mac - an iPad doesn't have a file system like a 'normal' computer, everything has to be stored within an app.
If you want to sync them to the iBooks app on your iPad then you can add PDFs to your Mac's iTunes via File > Add To Library (they will go into the Books part of your library), and you can then sync them by connecting the iPad to your Mac and selecting it on the left-hand sidebar of your Mac's iTunes (if you have iTunes 11 on your Mac then you can enable the sidebar via option-command-S), and the using the Books tab on the right-hand side of iTunes to select and sync them.
If you want them in a different app then how you get it there will depend upon what the app supports e.g. via the file sharing section at the bottom of the device's apps tab when connected to iTunes, via wifi, email, dropbox etc.
You can sync them via your Mac's iTunes, the iPad won't mount as a drive on a Mac - an iPad doesn't have a file system like a 'normal' computer, everything has to be stored within an app.
If you want to sync them to the iBooks app on your iPad then you can add PDFs to your Mac's iTunes via File > Add To Library (they will go into the Books part of your library), and you can then sync them by connecting the iPad to your Mac and selecting it on the left-hand sidebar of your Mac's iTunes (if you have iTunes 11 on your Mac then you can enable the sidebar via option-command-S), and the using the Books tab on the right-hand side of iTunes to select and sync them.
If you want them in a different app then how you get it there will depend upon what the app supports e.g. via the file sharing section at the bottom of the device's apps tab when connected to iTunes, via wifi, email, dropbox etc.
To transfer PDFs you need to sync them via iTunes. Open iTunes on the machine and add the PDFs to the iTunes library via the File->Add To Library option.
When that is done you can sync the iTunes library to the iPad and the PDF's will appear in iBooks on the iPad.
Thanks to both of you.
The replies are meaningless to me as I don't have an iPad but I assume my friend will be able to make sense of them. 😉
I've got a Kindle Fire HD and it's simply a matter of opening its Documents folder on my iMac's desktop and dropping them in.
I'll post back with his results.
Can I join in the discussion ...
Is it possible to do it without using iTunes ? Like getting a USB to the 32 pin connector ?
Thanks
@RyanManUtd - If you don't use Dropbox, iCloud or another cloud service, the easiest thing to do is email them to yourself. Open the email attachment and then select "Open in iBooks". The documents will be saved there for offline use later.
RyanManUtd wrote:
Can I join in the discussion ...
Is it possible to do it without using iTunes ? Like getting a USB to the 32 pin connector ?
Thanks
Well, gee, iTunes exists for the purpose of transferring items to the iPad/iPod, etc.
I use the free Adobe Reader app. After you get the reader, go to the Apps tab in your computer's iTunes and scroll down.
RyanManUtd wrote:
Can I join in the discussion ...
Is it possible to do it without using iTunes ? Like getting a USB to the 32 pin connector ?
Thanks
Dropbox, box.net, sugarsync, iCloud, Google Drive, 4Shared, skydrive,... there are many free online storage services offering anywhere from 2Gb-5Gb+ of free storage, and many apps now support almost all of these (GoodReader, just as an example, also supports FTP/SFTP to any server you have storage on).
Just sign up for one, and move files back and forth via online storage.
No. The iPad can only read photos and videos from USB sticks or memory cards. It cannot read other types of files from a USB stick.
Where do you put PDF books from iMac into iPad?
