iBooks is a book reader, not a file management application/book reader. iTunes does that for you. You want to change the .plist files it's not hard, etc.
iBooks is a book reader, not a file management application/book reader. iTunes does that for you. You want to change the .plist files it's not hard, etc.
No... iBooks REMOVES your books from iTunes management software ... iTunes still syncs them to devices, but it no longer has access to the books to add/change metadata and such. (and iBooks also has no ability to do that.)
iBooks is a book reader, not a file management application/book reader. iTunes does that for you. You want to change the .plist files it's not hard, etc.
Well, I'd say that's half true. It is indeed a reader application for .ePub files. Why they included the option to add .pdf files to it seems not right, at this moment. iBooks merely opens preview, making iBooks a management application for .pdf files. Which works, for collections, but not metadata editing.
I say two things:
1. make iTunes the .pdf management software application again, by moving users .pdf's back into iTunes
2. put a preference in iBooks so users can store their books in any location they want. Why? Because these .ePub files can become very large, like over a gig, and many people have their /~ on SSD
No need to move the "Books" library at all!... leave it in iTunes, leave the ability to edit Metadata. iTunes is used for syncing stuff across devices anyhow... just have iBooks be the READER app for the desktop ... it could as easily find the books from within iTunes' folder, leaving them on whatever drive you choose (through iTunes) to store your media.
I'm waiting to update to mavericks as to see well how many things "the new apple" destroyed (deprecated, oops).
We have an iMac 27, iPads, iPhones, etc, more than 5000 CDs / DVDs across two continents, many photos & personal videos.
For us being able to manage our digital content is important, actually one of the reasons I switched to apple back in 2007.
Then: iTunes is not multi window anymore, the "next button" is available just "in artist view", and is always an overloaded program that could not be changed in osx because needs to be one for windows iWork's on the Mac is based on the iOS version, instead of being a clever superset iBooks is not useful as an ebook manager (kindle is very good and does all that's expected) I love iOs 7, but the swoop effect is starting to get boring-> wastes time
It seems that the new apple's software is managed by people that values form above function. Maybe to facilitate the learning curve of the new apple's customers. Microsoft tried to converge windows an is not very good, apple seems to try to do the same "with style" and inside the limits of iTunes.
And apple software is getting worse and worse at managing my digital content.
Not what I expected! as this is what I payed apple to do well for me.
No need to move the "Books" library at all!... leave it in iTunes, leave the ability to edit Metadata. iTunes is used for syncing stuff across devices anyhow... just have iBooks be the READER app for the desktop ... it could as easily find the books from within iTunes' folder, leaving them on whatever drive you choose (through iTunes) to store your media.
I haven't moved anything, just upgraded all software. Books are no longer in iTunes:
Well, given that my first-gen iPad running iOS 5 manages to sync perfectly, I tend not to believe this.
Ah, good ol' Tallest Skil. Since it doesn't happen to you, it doesn't happen. You are quite possibly the most unbearable person I've ever seen comment on the internet.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
And why would they? Apple's goal is that you never see the filesystem again, after all.
I don't have a problem with that per se, but I really don't like that they moved the content without telling me that it was going to move it, and then they moved it to an obscure place that I have no guarantee will be sufficiently backed up for me to be okay with my data being where they put it. I put my 200+gb iTunes library on an external drive for a reason. Apple has no justifiable reason to move it where they want it to go and not where I put it. Name it whatever the hell they want, but it really annoying that I have my already limited SSD space taken up unnecessarily. And if they want people to buy MacBooks, they need to stop forcing unnecessary file duplication/movement to the primary drives where space may be at a premium. iBooks is total garbage right now and shouldn't have even been released in it's current form. I don't want software that will be good in a year and two months, I want it good now. And this isn't even maps, its a frikin ebook reader. There's no justifiable reason to move anything, anywhere for any purpose.
I haven't moved anything, just upgraded all software. Books are no longer in iTunes:
I know ... I wasn't clear in my post. I was trying to say that there was no need for Apple to have made it this way. THEY could have left the books in iTunes organizational structure and just had iBooks reference that library. There was no need for APPLE to REQUIRE iBooks to move (and rename) all my files!
I haven't moved anything, just upgraded all software. Books are no longer in iTunes:
I know ... I wasn't clear in my post. I was trying to say that there was no need for Apple to have made it this way. THEY could have left the books in iTunes organizational structure and just had iBooks reference that library. There was no need for APPLE to REQUIRE iBooks to move (and rename) all my files!
Ah, ok. Well, they should reverse it. Keep .pdf in iTunes, ePub in iBooks. Or they could allow metadata user accessible in iBooks, though I prefer the former solution.
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Maps is far more than halfway right. Only been a year and two months.
iBooks is a book reader, not a file management application/book reader. iTunes does that for you. You want to change the .plist files it's not hard, etc.
No... iBooks REMOVES your books from iTunes management software ... iTunes still syncs them to devices, but it no longer has access to the books to add/change metadata and such. (and iBooks also has no ability to do that.)
Well, I'd say that's half true. It is indeed a reader application for .ePub files. Why they included the option to add .pdf files to it seems not right, at this moment. iBooks merely opens preview, making iBooks a management application for .pdf files. Which works, for collections, but not metadata editing.
I say two things:
1. make iTunes the .pdf management software application again, by moving users .pdf's back into iTunes
2. put a preference in iBooks so users can store their books in any location they want. Why? Because these .ePub files can become very large, like over a gig, and many people have their /~ on SSD
...
No need to move the "Books" library at all!... leave it in iTunes, leave the ability to edit Metadata. iTunes is used for syncing stuff across devices anyhow... just have iBooks be the READER app for the desktop ... it could as easily find the books from within iTunes' folder, leaving them on whatever drive you choose (through iTunes) to store your media.
We have an iMac 27, iPads, iPhones, etc, more than 5000 CDs / DVDs across two continents, many photos & personal videos.
For us being able to manage our digital content is important, actually one of the reasons I switched to apple back in 2007.
Then:
iTunes is not multi window anymore, the "next button" is available just "in artist view", and is always an overloaded program that could not be changed in osx because needs to be one for windows
iWork's on the Mac is based on the iOS version, instead of being a clever superset
iBooks is not useful as an ebook manager (kindle is very good and does all that's expected)
I love iOs 7, but the swoop effect is starting to get boring-> wastes time
It seems that the new apple's software is managed by people that values form above function.
Maybe to facilitate the learning curve of the new apple's customers. Microsoft tried to converge windows an is not very good, apple seems to try to do the same "with style" and inside the limits of iTunes.
And apple software is getting worse and worse at managing my digital content.
Not what I expected! as this is what I payed apple to do well for me.
:no:
I haven't moved anything, just upgraded all software. Books are no longer in iTunes:
Well, given that my first-gen iPad running iOS 5 manages to sync perfectly, I tend not to believe this.
Ah, good ol' Tallest Skil. Since it doesn't happen to you, it doesn't happen. You are quite possibly the most unbearable person I've ever seen comment on the internet.
And why would they? Apple's goal is that you never see the filesystem again, after all.
I don't have a problem with that per se, but I really don't like that they moved the content without telling me that it was going to move it, and then they moved it to an obscure place that I have no guarantee will be sufficiently backed up for me to be okay with my data being where they put it. I put my 200+gb iTunes library on an external drive for a reason. Apple has no justifiable reason to move it where they want it to go and not where I put it. Name it whatever the hell they want, but it really annoying that I have my already limited SSD space taken up unnecessarily. And if they want people to buy MacBooks, they need to stop forcing unnecessary file duplication/movement to the primary drives where space may be at a premium. iBooks is total garbage right now and shouldn't have even been released in it's current form. I don't want software that will be good in a year and two months, I want it good now. And this isn't even maps, its a frikin ebook reader. There's no justifiable reason to move anything, anywhere for any purpose.
I haven't moved anything, just upgraded all software. Books are no longer in iTunes:
I know ... I wasn't clear in my post. I was trying to say that there was no need for Apple to have made it this way. THEY could have left the books in iTunes organizational structure and just had iBooks reference that library. There was no need for APPLE to REQUIRE iBooks to move (and rename) all my files!
Ah, ok. Well, they should reverse it. Keep .pdf in iTunes, ePub in iBooks. Or they could allow metadata user accessible in iBooks, though I prefer the former solution.