Hi Harmony, First of all, unless the book that you purchased from iBooks is DRM- free, you won't be able to read the book on your computer. I'm not sure how you can tell that a particular book that you pay for is DRM- free, unless you already know that the publisher or author does not use DRM with their products. You don't mention how you are trying to transfer content from your iPhone, but if you have connected your iPhone to your computer via the connector cable, I would use "Transfer Purchases". You can find this option under the "File" menu on the iTunes menu bar. It may also come up as a button option in a dialog window that appears if this is not the computer that you use to sync your device. This will show up in your "Books" library. Make sure that this is one of the libraries that you have set to be displayed under your iTunes preferences. On your Mac, in iTunes use Command- comma to bring up your preferences window. (On a Windows machine this shortcut would be Control-comma). By default you will in the "General" tab of your preferences, and there will be check boxes for which libraries you want to "Show". If "Books" is not checked, be sure to check it. An easier way to have your new Book purchases automatically appear in iTunes on your Computer is to set your preferences to automatically download. Assuming that your computer is authorized with your AppleID, you can set up this option under the "Store" pane of your iTunes preferences. While you still have your iTunes preferences window up, navigate to the "Store" pane by selecting this button in your preferences title bar. The quick way to do this on the Mac is to press Command-4 to select the 4th of the titlebar preference buttons, which is the "Store" button, without having to navigate to the titlebar and press that button. On the "Store" pane there will be a message about Automatic Downloads, stating that "iTunes can automatically download new purchases made on other devices using <your AppleID login name>." (The name will be whatever your AppleID is). There will be checkboxes for Music, Apps, and Books. If you check the box for "Books" any new iBooks purchases will automatically download to iTunes on your computer. There will also be a statement informing you that you can enable automatic downloads on your iOS devices by going to Settings > Store on that device. Either navigate to the "OK" button and press it or press "return" (i.e. "Enter" on a Windows machine) to save your preference settings and close the Preferences window. This setting will take effect for new purchases.
You don't mention how you plan to read the book on your computer. There are options, but only if the book is DRM-free. Most commercial ebooks sold in iBooks, except from publishers who do not use DRM (like O'Reilly, Baen, Tor, and some others) or from certain authors, use Apple's FairPlay 2 DRM. If you want Mac-specific instructions about ebook reading on your computer, you might want to ask these questions on the mac-access list instead. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 9, 11:53 pm, Harmony Neil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hellow, > I bought a book from the iBooks store last night on my phone and wanted to > put it on my computer. I've checked all the boxes that say sync books, but I > still can't see it. > Is there anything I'm doing wrong? The book is a text one rather than an > audio one. > Thanks, > Harmony. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
