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books wants to import all of my pdfs

I would like to use Apple Books on my Macbook and iPad but on the Mac every time I turn on syncing it wants to import every pdf file on my computer. I do not want this. I only want to import the books and pdfs that I want to use in both places, not everything on my computer. Books preferences seems pretty limited,. How do I stop this?


Thanks.

MacBook

Posted on Sep 6, 2020 2:58 PM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2020 8:54 PM

You can't pick and choose books for syncing via iCloud Drive. Either they are all going to sync or none are going to sync.


If you want to pick and pick and choose specific books to sync to a device then your best option might be Finder Sync. Instructions are here: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/sync-books-to-your-device-mchl562e1847/mac

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Sep 16, 2020 8:54 PM in response to LVN46

You can't pick and choose books for syncing via iCloud Drive. Either they are all going to sync or none are going to sync.


If you want to pick and pick and choose specific books to sync to a device then your best option might be Finder Sync. Instructions are here: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/sync-books-to-your-device-mchl562e1847/mac

books wants to import all of my pdfs

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