Backing iBooks files up to MacBook? (Not iTunes)
I've amassed over a hundred .epubs in iBooks to date, but I'm thinking of switching to the Readmill app.
Sadly, the iBooks app doesn't allow exports or backups outside iTunes, and Readmill won't sync from iTunes. (I use the iPad version.) Can I back up my epubs from iBooks to the Mac itself?
Solutions would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Update from OP: Messed around in iTunes for a bit and started remembering how to use it (just updated). Solution was found rather quickly, to my immense embarrassment – "Show in Finder" does wonders. Please ignore this thread as I fly into the sunset.
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I cannot find this 300GB "Backup" in the Finder, only in the Storage info when I check "About This Mac".
You are probably using Time Machine to backup your MacBook Pro, right? Then the additional 300 GB could be local Time Machine snapshots. Time Machine will write the hourly backups to the free space on your hard disk, if the backup drive is temporarily not connected. You do not see these local backups in the Finder, and MacOS will delete them, when you make a regular backup to Time Machine, or when you need the space for other data.
See Pondini's page for more explanation: What are Local Snapshots? http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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You have tested the library on the external drive, and so your photos are save there.
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hi friends i am update my iphone 4 i have back up file but how show to itunes enter the password to unlock iphone back up file plz help me i forget my iphone back passoword
Then you won't be able to use that backup. You might as well delete it and start over.
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I want to know if I can use my iCould storage simply to back up files. If so, I have not been able to figure out how.
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data to iCloud. There is no way to use it to just simply backup any files.
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PDFs and any other document that can be read by Preview
can be backed up in iCloud. Load the document into Preview,
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Request iBooks sync with iCloud account not iTunes accounts
In my family there are five of us. We all have some form of an Apples product (iTouch, iPads, iPhones). We share the same iTunes account but have individual iCloud accounts. The issue we have with ibooks is the syncing. Having iBooks sync with iCloud account instead of the iTunes account will solve some of the issues that we are having. me and my wife both have iPhones and iPads, the kids have iTouches and iPad. Unfortunately when one individual change something it will change on the rest of the devices.
That seems simple enough but that's not what I am trying to accomplish.
Here is the breakdown...
I have a family of four.
We all have iPad, iPhone and a MacBook or iMac.
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The issue...
Syncing bookmarks and collections and notes between each member of the family personal devices.
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How to back up files from a MacBook to an XP PC
Hi
I am a non-professional but reasonably competent PC fixer for friends and family, within the MS Windows product set thus far.
A friend's son has dropped his MacBook and now has the '?' question mark on boot. He has taken it to an Apple Genius, who after a bit of failed feagling with recovery disks, has confirmed it is 99.9% likely to be the Hard Drive (particularly as there is occasionally clicking, likely from the actuator) and has been (a) quoted an astronomical figure to fix and (b) has asked me to have a look.
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I've connected the SATA from the MacBook to an XP notebook and can see the drive in Control Panel / Computer Management / Disc Management as a 'Healthy (GPT Protective Partition)', but cannot view it via any Explorer based functions, i.e. I cannot get the data off of it.
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Many thanks in advance for any information / pointers anyone can provide.Apple format is not readable by Windows (is by late Linux distros), unless you use an application like MacDrive. Even so, do not hasten to install it, because many Apple apps and formats get corrupt in Windows. Your friend has, in fact, 2 problems: 1. he has no backup of his data (very bad and frequent behavior) 2. his disk is dead (and now finds how bad is to not have a backup).
A good backup of mac data is done to another disk formatted as HFS+ (mac os extended journaled). If you still think backing up unto a Windows PC is the only solution, then you must first ARCHIVE (zip or dmg) data on a mac, transfer archive to a PC, after replacing disk and installing the new system, move data back and unarchive it.
As Allan Eckert already wrote, this is not something recommended, but I tried to expose why. Now, with a larger horizon, you may choose best method. Tell your friend that he/she must purchase two disks: one to replace the dead one, one to be used as an external backup disk in an enclosure. At least from now on, he/she can avoid such situations.
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Before sending my PowerBook G4 in for repair, I performed a complete backup of the HD using SuperDuper (Backup-all files).
It seems that the Powerbook parts may not be available for quite a while and Apple has offered to replace the old laptop with a new MacBook Pro.
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Thanks for any and all help.Maybe I didn't word my question right;
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Transferred MS Office files on new MacBook not working
I just had my data migrated to a new MacBook and then installed MS Office:Mac 2011 on the new computer so my transferred Office files could work. Some of them open up just fine and some open up blank or with funny lines. For Excel, some of the docs have some blank columns (but when you are in the cell, the formula bar shows the data that's in there, but it doesn't show up in the cell) and some columns with data. Some word docs have random lines but look blank.
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Can not connect to Time Machine back up file after restore
After receiving my G5 iMac back from the Apple Store I had to restore from my Time Machine backup (they had to erase the hard drive). The backup seemed to go fine until it hit the "Network settings." It froze there for a couple of hours. Everything else seemed fine. I quit the back up and restarted my iMac and it seems to be doing fine. I did notice that some of my shareware programs need to have their keycodes re-entered and when I open up a program that has not run since being restored I get that warning window telling me that it is opening an application for the first time.
But here is the main issue...Time Machine doesn't recognize the previous back up file. I do not want erase the current file to start over...just in case something didn't get properly restored. I much rather just have Time Machine recognize the existing file...anyway of doing that? I do not have enough room on my external hard drive to have 2 backup files.
Thanks...LennyI am having a similar problem - when I updated to Mavericks the install seemed to go OK until the last minute, then it literally hung for hours. I decided to re-boot the computer. From there, it seemed like the Mavericks install was a "clean" install, and it was like setting up a brand new computer. All of my programs were kept, but it lost all of my files from finder, as well as all my e-mails, etc. When I tried to backup from Time Machine, none of the buttons seem to work, and I can't get it to work. Also, before the install my 500 GB Time Machine drive was showing almost full, now it shows about 300 MB full. I also tried to migrate the files from the Time Machine drive to the iMac, still with no luck.
Good thing I had migrated my iTunes and photos to other external drives, and I was able get those back. Losing 500 MB of photos probably would have given me a heart attack.
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Restoring iTunes library from backed-up files
How should I go about restoring my iTunes files from a backup?
I used to keep all of my iTunes media files (i.e., music, video, etc) on an external hard drive, using the Preferences:Advanced:iTunes Music Folder Location setting. My external hard drive has completely died (sidenote: never trust LaCie!), but thankfully, I made a backup by copying the directory tree onto a second drive. The second drive is now attached, but, of course, my songs still generate "file not found" errors. I have way too many songs to manually find each one... but I don't want to lose playlist and playcount information...
How should I go about mass "re-linking" the files on the backup disk to my iTunes database, so that I can then change my library location and "consolidate" all the files onto my internal hard drive?
Has anyone done this successfully? I'd appreciate some guidance!
Thanks!In case anyone has the same problem, here was the best fix I found:
Basically, you copy the files into the directories where iTunes is looking for them:
1. Pick a few grayed-out songs in iTunes and open the song properties. Look for the song filename, paying particular attention. After a few, you should see a pattern, indicating where iTunes is looking for the files based on the song/artist/album name.
2. Just copy the backed-up files to the locations where iTunes is expecting to find them. With luck (and particularly if your backup was recent), the pattern should be the same as the pattern in your backup, so you'll probably just have to drag files only once.
3. Now double-click on a grayed-out song (that has had its file moved into the folder where iTunes is looking for it) and it should start playing and stop being grayed out.
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How do i save files from my macbook to an external hard drive
Ive always been a PC user until recently when i purchased a macbook pro. I have an external hard drive that i used to back up all my files including word documents & mp3's etc. I now want to use the same hard drive to back up files from my macbook but i dont want to make a copy of the entire drive (like with time line) i just want to save individual files. When i go to do this, a light grey circle appears with a 'cross out' and i am unnable to copy/save the file. In the past (with PC) all i have had to do is drop and drag to perform this function. I have attempted to make an alias, copy and paste etc to overcome the problem but nothing thus far has worked.
Your external drive is formatted NTFS which OS X can read from but not write to. You can either install third-party software on the Mac to enable writing to the drive or repartition and reformat the drive for exclusive use with the Mac. If you don't need to move files between a Mac and a PC, then I would recommend the latter solution.
Tuxera NTFS 2012.3.2
NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5.3
To repartition:
Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select the external hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
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I have backed up my disk using Time Machine. I then deleted the back-up files from my MacBook hard drive.
I then reconnected my external hard drive and find the files I deleted from my hard drive are also deleted from
my external hard drive. Can someone tell my what what happened? I'm confused.Hello,
Time Machine is not a good way to do that, when it eventually needs more room it deletes old Backups to make room.
If you really want to keep Files but remove them from the Internal Drive, then I'd get another external drive to copy or clone them to that is not used for TM. -
I updated to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8. Now when I try to play high definition movies, iTunes says they can not play back on my display which is low def. My display has high resolution and display settings are correct. Other websites play back in high def. Just not iTunes.
Hi,
Try this command to fix your problem:
Windows App Store doesn't load after 8.1 Upgrade
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ouc1too/archive/2013/10/19/windows-app-store-doesn-t-load-after-8-1-upgrade.aspx
or, you can use WSreset.exe tool, or manually trying to clear the cache from the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder.
Alex Zhao
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