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Q: Where do books in iBooks reside?

Where do the books in iBooks reside?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 10:00 AM

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Q: Where do books in iBooks reside?

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  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Jan 2, 2016 1:31 AM in response to robertharry
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    Jan 2, 2016 1:31 AM in response to robertharry

    Not sure about Lion OS X 10.7.5, but an iBooks Library was included in Mavericks OS X 10.9(.5)

     

    • About iBooks - Apple Support

     

    "Learn about iBooks for iOS and Mac, including how to get books and audiobooks

    from the iBooks Store, how to organize your library, and more."

     

    ibooks for Mac was introduced with Mavericks OS X 10.9; so your MacBook/Air information says

    your 13-inch Mid 2011 has Lion OS X 10.7.5. The only current OS X version now that would

    include this would be El Capitan, unless there's a backward compatible update for older OS X.

     

    So if you have an iDevice that can use ibooks ebooks, ibook author or other newer products, then

    they would likely need to be able to sync with your Mac computer product in an appropriate OS X.

     

    The other question would be what are they, and what iOS do those iDevices current run? If you

    upgrade too far in the iOS for devices, they may not see or sync with an older Mac OS X system.

     

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ibooks+library+Mac+OS+X&t=ffsb

     

    I've asked the ASC hosts to relocate this post topic to an appropriate discussions area since it

    was posted in the vintage Apple Portable computer section for iBook G3/G4 PowerPC hardware.

    Not exactly the best location for this topic since they've not been produced since late 2005.

     

    Good luck & happy computing!

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 2, 2016 1:39 AM in response to robertharry
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    Jan 2, 2016 1:39 AM in response to robertharry

    The books are stored at

     

    Home/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books

     

    But they're not useful to any other app or access in the format they are stored in there. To get a book as an ePub you'll need to drag it from the iBooks window to the desktop.

  • by robertharry,

    robertharry robertharry Jan 2, 2016 11:11 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 2, 2016 11:11 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    This answer does not help me.  I have no idea where "Home" is located.

     

    For dumb, stupid, old people you need to start at the beginning.

     

    Where is "Home" located?

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 2, 2016 12:12 PM in response to robertharry
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    Jan 2, 2016 12:12 PM in response to robertharry

    Home is your User Account:

     

    So Hard Disk -> Users -> Your Name -> Library etc

     

    But, as I said, the whole answer doesn't help as there is nothing you can do with those books in the way that they are stored.

     

    You're welcome.