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Q: can't find "books" tab in iTunes?!

Just purchased ipad air yesterday, trying to sync ibook from mac to ipad, but when I connect ipad to mac through itunes, can't even see the "books" tab to sync. what do I do...?

iBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 12:26 PM

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Q: can't find "books" tab in iTunes?!

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Jan 19, 2014 1:29 PM in response to justwanttoread
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    Jan 19, 2014 1:29 PM in response to justwanttoread

    Where are you looking ?

     

    If you have the left-hand sidebar enabled on your Mac's iTunes (option-command-S) then with the iPad selected on that sidebar one of the tabs on the right-hand side of the screen should be a series of tabs - or if you don't have the sidebar showing then select the iPad towards the top right of the iTunes screen and again there should be a series of tabs. So depending upon whether the sidebar shows or not you should see something like (this is with the sidebar hidden) :

     

    itunes sync books 2.jpg

     

    Is your iTunes screen wide enough for all the tabs to show ?

  • by justwanttoread,

    justwanttoread justwanttoread Jan 19, 2014 2:33 PM in response to King_Penguin
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    Jan 19, 2014 2:33 PM in response to King_Penguin

    hey King_Penguin.. thanks!

     

    I connected my iPad to Mac, found the top bar and sidebar, not "books" is not there.... :-(

     

     

    topbar.jpeg

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jan 19, 2014 3:21 PM in response to justwanttoread
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    Jan 19, 2014 3:21 PM in response to justwanttoread

    I think in Mavericks this may be done via iBooks rather than via iTunes

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5826

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Jan 19, 2014 11:56 PM in response to justwanttoread
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    Jan 19, 2014 11:56 PM in response to justwanttoread

    Have you got any books/PDFs in the iBooks app on your Mac or audiobooks in your iTunes library ? I'm not sure if the Books tab will show if you haven't got any books that you can sync to your iPad - you are also missing the Tones tab which should be between Apps and Music