I have a book in my iTunes library on my Mac, that I want to move to my iPad. When I sync the devices, the book does not appear in iTunes on my iPad. What am I missing? Any guidance will be most appreciated.
iPad, iOS 7
Hi Griff49,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like you want to sync an ebook or PDF to your iPad. Take a look at the article below, it describes the iBooks app and will walk you through syncing books on your Mac and iPad.
iBooks: Viewing, syncing, saving, and printing PDFs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4227
Syncing and saving PDFs
To add PDFs to your iTunes library on your computer, drag and drop the PDF into your iTunes Book library. If you're using OS X Mavericks, drag and drop your PDFs into your iBooks library using iBooks for Mac.
To sync a PDF to iBooks on your device:
- Select your iOS device. (Learn more about syncing your data with iTunes.)
- Click the Books tab.
- Select Sync Books.
- If iTunes is set to sync only selected books, select the checkbox next to the PDF you want to sync.
- Click Sync.
You can use iTunes to back up your PDF files so they will restore to your iOS device after you update or restore your software or transfer information to a different device. If you use iTunes 11 or later to sync your PDF files to iBooks on your iOS device, a backup of your PDF will be automatically created. A copy of the PDF will be added to your iTunes Books library, or iBooks library if you're using OS X Mavericks.
Using Sync Collections with PDFs in iBooks
If you turned on Sync Collections, iBooks will keep your PDFs (and non–iBooks Store books) in the same collections across all your iOS devices and Mac (if you're using OS X Mavericks). For example, if you have the same PDF on all your devices, when you move that PDF to your Sci-Fi collection in iBooks on your iPhone, that PDF will appear in your Sci-Fi collection the next time you open iBooks on your iPad.
If you delete a PDF (or non–iBooks Store book) while you have Sync Collections turned on, it only affects the copy on the device. For example, if you delete a copy of the PDF from your iPad, it will still be on your iPhone.
For more information about iBooks and the iBooks Store, see the frequently asked questions and how to sync iTunes Digital Booklets to your iOS device.
-Jason
Syncing books from Mac to iPad
