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Level 1

6 points

corrupt

System Information:

MBP Late 2013, running 10.10
iPad 2, running 8.1
All books in question were purchased with the same, and my one and only Apple ID.

I have a problem with new purchased books not opening on iBooks for mac. Whether the purchase is made on the mac or my iOS device, every book I've purchased since the Yosemite upgrade results in an error upon trying to open them which says: "This book can't be opened. The book is corrupt."

Steps I have tried:

Delete affected books from ibooks for mac & my iOS device. Redownload book. Same error appears. Redownloading book on iOS device downlaods and opens flawlessly.
Delete books from mac, sign-out of my store account both on my mbp & iOS device. Reboot. Sign-into store account. Redownload book. Same error.
Tried to re-transfer books from itunes. Same error.
Tried killing all process I could find associated with iBooks & iTunes, re-downloading books. Same error.

Some odd things:

All books continue to work fine on my iOS device (8.1).
Books purchased prior to upgrading to 10.10 continue to open correctly on my MBP & iOS device. Even if I delete them & re-download them.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 29, 2014 7:34 AM

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Arylblue

Level 1

14 points

Posted on Mar 25, 2017 6:33 AM

Apple Support was able to solve this for me:

In iBooks on you Mac:

1) First go to Store -> Deauthorize this computer...

2) Then go to Store -> Log out

3) Next go to Store -> Authorize this computer...

4) Finally, go to Store -> Log In

This solved the problem.

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41 replies

Mar 24, 2015 2:30 PM in response to 3rland

In my case I had early versions of Apple's two Swift Language books and had highlighted passages that no longer existed in updated versions. I believe that is what caused my books to be reported as corrupt.

I was able to switch focus to another app while the book was loading and was then able to delete all the highlights. However, when attempting to delete individual highlights that no longer existed most would not delete. I then tried shift-clicking to select a range of highlights in the sidebar and then, almost miraculously, all the highlights deleted. I exited the book and now it launches without having to switch away.

Mar 24, 2015 2:52 PM in response to will colbert

Excellent. This cured my problem even if I lost all of my hilights. At least the book now opens. Thanx for posting.

Alohajoe5 Author

Level 1

6 points

Mar 29, 2015 9:38 PM in response to 0oneo

I can't believe that this:

1. Solved my problem

2. Is still the only solution to the problem.

May 2, 2015 12:06 PM in response to 0oneo

Alohajoe5

i hope that you don’t really consider this issue “solved.” this happens to me a lot with iBooks. this is a very bad iBooks problem that is not solved.

the iBooks team obviously needs to put more resources in their QA efforts.

Apple, are you listening?

Nov 16, 2018 12:05 PM in response to 0oneo

This does not solve it permanently. My solution does.

Deauthorise iTunes account, then reauthorise and voila.

elf55

Level 1

28 points

Jun 17, 2015 11:19 AM in response to Community User

Deauthorizing and then authorizing fixed me Yosemite iBooks corruption problem. Now I need to get iBook on my iPad to keep from crashing. I've tried signing out and then into iTunes account, but after it's open for 30 sec the app crashes.

Sep 13, 2015 8:47 AM in response to Alohajoe5

Same issue with my Mac Pro and iPhone 6 Plus and no problem with the iPad... nothing solve my problem! Help

no problems with free books

Nov 30, 2015 12:08 AM in response to timpjudge

me too im having the same issue what do i do

Dec 28, 2015 6:41 PM in response to 0oneo

Thank you so much.

I had been deleting the epub edition, editing and going through like a troll, still it said the same.

I tried this 'trick' and it opened the Smashwords edition I was trying to edit (in Calibre).

You saved my mind. 🙂

sage911

Level 1

15 points

Jun 12, 2017 5:55 PM in response to Arylblue

This worked for me. I also had to do the weird open and click away trick. Thanks.

mugwump2

Level 1

4 points

Nov 9, 2017 1:16 PM in response to Arylblue

Worked for me, but I had to delete and download the offending books after doing this.

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