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iBooks not syncing between iOS7 and Maverick

iBooks not syncing between iOS7 and Maverick


Just updated my MBP to Mavericks and only a few items have synced from my phone to the mac in iBooks. The phone was also updated to iOS7.0.3 (the latest) today too before the Mavericks update.


Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a bug which will hopefully be fixed shortly? Or is there something I can do to resolve this?


I have a number of .pdf´s in iBooks (.pdf books) on the phone and would obviously want everything on the phone accessible on the computer, as is the idea.


Many thanks for your help/advice.


Susan :S

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 8:58 AM

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Oct 23, 2013 7:57 PM in response to SCS4Mac

This has been my headache since day one and a complete swing and a miss by Apple. I haven't been able to get ANYTHING I have not explicitely purchased from iTunes to sync in iBooks across device.


For example: If I load an ePub or PDF into iTunes and "manually" add to a device, this works just fine.


However, if I open a PDF file on my iPhone into iBooks, it doesn't show up in any of my other devices, including the new iBooks on my iMac with Maverick. it doesn't matter which device it's added, nothing syncs if it's not purchased from iTunes.


Please, someone make me a liar and tell me I've completely missed something.


Apple: Why or why can't I add PDF files to iBooks on my iMac and have them automagically show up in the collection I created on all my devices? Because I didn't purchase them from you, you say? Stupid, stupid, stupid.


Then don't let me add it in the first place and stop advertising "my content anywhere on any device" because this has been broken from day one.

Oct 25, 2013 1:58 AM in response to SCS4Mac

I have similar problems. On upgrading to Mavericks, my eBooks (very few, as I don't like reading books electronically) all transferred to IBooks on my Macbook fine. But my rather more substantial collection of pdfs which I use principally for reference purposes has only partially transferred. This is infuriating as I was looking forward to being able to access iBooks in full on any of my devices and I can't. I hope Apple is reading this and will be taking corrective action.

Oct 25, 2013 11:44 AM in response to SCS4Mac

I am having the same issue as well. Books imported into iBooks from iTunes fine but then most don't sync between my devices (although some do, on some devices, which is weird - none of them have been purchased via the App store). Also the collection categories sync across all devices fine - but there is no content within the category. After a few frustrating hours trying to solve it, I am going to give up for now and put it down to a bug that Apple will shortly fix - hopefully.


Not wanting to hijack this thread but briefly; I have to say that icloud has suddenly become very useful generally for me in mavericks. Free upgrade as well - I was looking at purchasing an app worth £20 that is now redundant as its features are fully implemented in the new OSX. Very impressed with this latest OS update, even though it is just a general tweak.

Oct 28, 2013 10:10 PM in response to SCS4Mac

I have been experiencing this issue as well. Some have said previously to sign out and then back into iTunes on the various devices/computers affected. This worked for a bit. (My collections are also mostly my own. I have purchased elsewhere (not the iBooks Store)) and then imported them into iBooks. This annoys me as I am an avid reader and like reading on my Mac while at home, but also on iOS when I am out and about. For now, I have just decided to start reading these books on the Kindle App for iOS and Mac as the bookmarks Sync Dependably on Amazon's service. Get it straight Apple. It's great to have iBooks on OS X (at long last), but it's not going to be all that useful if the Bookmarks cannot be counted on to sync properly and consistently.

Oct 31, 2013 5:12 PM in response to OniLinkCR

Tried that - did not work.


I have a pile of .pdf's on my phone that have not sync'd to my ipad and my MBA. Very frustrating.


I have signed out, signed in. I have removed the app from the iPad, re-installed. Nothing.


When I connect my iph to iTunes, it only shows a few of my .pdf's - unable to determine why the select few are listed - not all.


The only way I can get .pdf's onto my iPad is to open them up via email first. That's unacceptable.

Nov 2, 2013 4:29 AM in response to SCS4Mac

In my case the pdfs did not transfer and even all the books purchased in the iBooks store on my iPad did not transfer to my MacBook... the book I'm reading did not transfer!!!


It works fine for books purchased at Apple between my iPad and iPhone, but nothing works for pdfs.


I really hopes Apple fixes this.


The other thing that happened to me is that in my iPad under purchsed books I now have all titles repeating several times... one shows up 39 times (with the iCloud icon, meaning I cannot delete it).


Apple: things should work seamlessly as you announce otherwise it's very annoying. I prefer not to have a feature than have one that does not work.

iBooks not syncing between iOS7 and Maverick

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