I have published three documents prepared with iBooks Author and had never experienced a "file cannot be saved" error. When this happens the only solution is to close the program and lose your work since the last save. Since the problem cannot be predicted, I have resorted to saving frequently and, when the error occurs, taking snapshots of the latest pages so that I can rcreate them (retype text and reinsert photos). Any suggestions for fixing this problem?
Which version iBooks on what OS X on which Mac?
How much free space on your hard drive?
iBooks Author 2.0. Macmini 2.33 Gz Intel Core i5, OSX 10.8.2, 181 GB available on the hard drive. Hope this helps.
Just one book or with any new book, etc.
I work with only one book at a time. It has not happened with previous books. The program cannot save in one out of about 15 times, but when it will refuse to save is unpredictable. On every occasion work is lost because one must force-quit the program in order to reopen it. đ
15 times over what span of time? How many pages is that book? How many videos, images, audio tracks, widgets?
How often do you restart that computer?
What happens if you create a new book, edit/save/edit/save, etc. in a similar pattern?
I meant one time it refuses to save for every 15 times it does save. Sixty-five pages in the book, only text and photos (no videos or widgents). I restart the computer about once a week, last time about five days ago.
I meant for those 15 you're talking about...what amount of time and editing does that represent? 15 minutes, hours, days...? Is it not related to time at all?
What happens if you create a new book, edit/save/edit/save, etc. in a similar pattern?
Hello KT
I have tried to deliver my cook book in iTunes Producer - and it seems like all is ok just one error. The message I get fro iTunes Producer is:
ERROR ITMS-3000: "Line 7 column 53: character content of element "publication_type" invalid; must be equal to "Book", "Textbook", "book" or "textbook" at XPath /package/book/metadata/publication_type"
As I see it I can't drag the publication from my archive to the box with PUBLICATION and the box with PUBLICATION SAMPLE - I do not know why because I have saved copies with the ending iBooks...
I hope you can help me with the problem because I am loosing patience with Apple....
ERROR ITMS-3000: "Line 7 column 53: character content of element "publication_type" invalid; must be equal to "Book", "Textbook", "book" or "textbook" at XPath /package/book/metadata/publication_type"
I think this relates to the type of book you need to select in iTunes Producer - select "Book".
A thought about you not being able to save,even with ample HDD space, do you have a lot of applications open ?
I have instances when this happened and in closing down all open applications and going for a restart, iBA popped up the save screen.
I always save after completing each page! I also save versions as backups - both minimalise losses if problems hit.
Dont lose patience with Apple they cannot forsee all individual issues, there is usually enough help and advice available on this group to pull you through problems.
A thought about you not being able to save,even with ample HDD space, do you have a lot of applications open ?
You apparently repiled to someone besides the OP that didn't mention that bit of info ? đ
No, as it says in your chosen quote.... and my posts give my example.
The OP was seeking a solution to not being able to save... I gave an example of what I experienced.
Perhaps you should concentrate on the post and not seek some form of gratification chiming in on any comment I make on any thread. Its becoming obvious and tediuos.
iBooks author cannot save file
