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User profile for user: madhombre
madhombre Author
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5 points

8.4.1 upgrade - unable to add ibooks to ipad

I have an ipad air 2 (wif-fi only) and I have noticed that after the last update (ios 8.4.1) I am unable to add any epubs to my ibooks on ipad (works fine on Mac - mavericks 10.9.5) Had no issues before but now something odd occurs and I wonder if anyone had seen this also - please note these are not epubs bought thru the ibooks store.


  • epubs are fine on mac - can be added to ibooks fine and I opened them and flicked thru several pages
  • when syncing I usually have sync all books and when I do this they appear to copy over (per the itunes status bar at the top AND I can see the larger one showing up for a moment in ibooks on the ipad then when the download is done it disappears)
  • After sync, if I choose to sync again is automatically flips to selected books and unchecks the 4 new ones I am trying to add.
  • When I try to sync again they once again copy over
  • When I go to the itunes books on device screen they show up int he list
  • When I search on the ipad - by author, by category etc they are not there
  • Last book added successfully to ipad 8/18/2015


Anyone else seen this? I have reported to Apple.


Thanks

Posted on Aug 28, 2015 3:05 PM

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User profile for user: madhombre
madhombre Author
User level: Level 1
5 points

Aug 29, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Rudegar

no you cant see them at all anywhere on the ipad no matter which method you use - looking in the collection where they should be (tried several and 'books') looking down the lists by authors or categories etc etc. The fact that every time I sync them they show as being re-copied, indicates to me, it might be they are not actually making it there. As I said I can see the large one downloading on - it shows up pale with the downloading bar underneath then it disappears when done.

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User profile for user: PAjames
PAjames
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Aug 31, 2015 7:14 AM in response to madhombre

This appears to be caused by the 8.4.1 update. Happening on my iPad and my wife's mini. Books appear in the iTunes list, but when the book is imported into the iPad files, it will appear on the bookshelf only to disappear when the progress bar nears completion. The title will appear in the iPad book's list, but if you perform a command-I, you'll find all the entries grayed out. Hopefully, this will be addressed soon, or be remedied with IOS 9.

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8.4.1 upgrade - unable to add ibooks to ipad

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