Moving PDF files from iBooks to iCloud Drive.

I was having these same issues myself but after playing around with it for a while, I believe I figured out the issue. When you open a file it gives you the option to either click "More..." or "Open in iBooks". I think once you choose to open it in iBooks (with the expectation of it displaying on your iCloud Drive as told by Apple) there is no way to export it to your drive. However, if you click "More...", there is an option to save the document to your iCloud Drive from which where you will be able to see it. I've attached photos for a better understanding and I sure hope this resolves the question being asked because it is extremely frustrating when you have a drive and sync the app to it by nothing shows up on the drive at all.

Syncing iBooks using iCloud means pdfs should be synced to the iBooks app on your other devices. pdfs don't actually sync to “iCloud Drive”. To get the pdfs from iBooks into iCloud Drive. Open the pdf, tap print, pinch open, tap the share icon and add to iCloud Drive.

I was having trouble syncing myself - until I performed a hard reset of both my iPad and iPhone.

With the devices running, Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. The iPad and iPhone will restart and the next time you open iBooks, it asks if you want to use iCloud for storage and allow syncing with other devices.

It it takes time to upload all content in iBooks to iCloud.

I hope this helps.

I even tried hard reset, but my pdf files in iBooks are nowhere in icloud Drive, only the ones I have uploaded from another apps.

Whenever I create a pdf file from Safari, iBooks shows the iCloud drive icon like it is syncing, but where does it go? I have enough space in iCloud.

It seems iBooks with iCloud drive is unreliable.

Thank you for posting this on YouTube. However it still doesn't work on my iPad. Maybe it depend on a software version/iPad generation? I'm on iPad3, 9.3.5. Thank you anyway for responding to my posts and trying help!!!!

I just read this and the clicking print and pinching open the displayed pdf is very helpful.

I have been using the other method which is to email the pdf to my own email address, and then opening it from the email, that is another option though more time consuming.

You can do it on an iMac. Maybe it works on other computers I don’t know. Open your idrive from a finder window; open iBooks and then simply drag the files across into the required folder. I’ve just done this and the files appeared on my iPad within seconds.

I’ve been pestering Apple for a filing system for the iPad for years and this seems to be as close as they will get. Very useful as it means I can do my own archiving on separate hard drives.

I’m experiencing that the clicking print and pinching open fail at the very end when it tells me that I do not have file permission to Save to Files (iCloud Drive) from iBooks here on my iPhone. Is that an issue? I can, however, E-MAIL the file to myself and that method, although lengthy, works.

Any ideas? Thanks,

JetsetA320

Rochester, NY USA

Thank You! This is so unintuitive. Why can't Apple put this option at the top level with "Print"vs this cumbersome and hidden method. I searched all over for a solution and ended up emailing myself 24 pdfs from iBooks because they weren't on my iCloud Drive; so glad you posted this and I won't have to repeat that.

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Moving PDF files from iBooks to iCloud Drive.

Thank You! This is so unintuitive. Why can't Apple put this option at the top level with "Print"vs this cumbersome and hidden method. I searched all over for a solution and ended up emailing myself 24 pdfs from iBooks because they weren't on my iCloud Drive; so glad you posted this and I won't have to repeat that.

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Can anyone teach me how to sync my files from iBooks to iCloud drive, currently I'm in iOS 10, I did already the set up, I want to know what's next?

Hi Kendal0505,

If your profile information is correct, the only way you can get PDF files to automatically sync with your iCloud Drive is to update to iOS 9.3.1 and OS X 10.11.4.

Sync ePub, iBooks Author books, and PDF files with iBooks and iCloud

Use iBooks to sync ePub, iBooks Author books, and PDF files with iCloud Drive so that you can access them on all of your devices.

The first time that you open iBooks after you update to iOS 9.3 or OS X 10.11.4, you'll be prompted to use iCloud. If you don't see the prompt, you might need to set up iCloud Drive.

You can use iBooks and iCloud Drive to sync ePub, iBooks Author books, and PDF files so that you can access them on all of your devices. After you turn on iCloud Drive, all files automatically upload to iCloud*. Any ePub, iBooks Author book, or PDF file that you add to your iBooks library later also automatically upload to iCloud*.

Take care,

I know seriously! I can't figure this out either. Maybe there's a 3rd party app out there that will move them, why hasn't Apple solved this yet??

Thank you, thank you!

Hi Picas - I'm probably being thick but want do you mean by "pinch open" step? I'm trying to move pdfs from iBooks to iCloud Drive and I'm following your steps but I'm stuck on this....help...