Hyperlink to PDFs in iBook library

Is it possible to create hyperlinks so that it will search for a PDF in your iBook library before retrieving it from the web?

.....nnnnno, sorry.

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Hi everyone who is not a beginner at his/her mac,
I try to add a new PDF file the my iBooks Library using the iTunes app, but this does no more work for me. I looked in the System log and found that there is a problem to put a finder window to front.
A part of the messages which could be related to this problem are:
2014-01-26 18:51:10 +0100 launchservicesd[54]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-b00b pid:256 refs=8 @ 0x7fc37060f6e0 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x25025 pid=460 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2014-01-26 18:51:10 +0100 WindowServer[104]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0xb00b, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
What is the reason for this behavior? How to fix it ?
The next problem is reported in the log file with the following:
2014-01-26 18:54:17 +0100 MDCrashReportTool[464]: 464:3674112|CrashReportCopierAFC.m:-[CrashReportCopierAFC copyAndProcessRemotePath:usingConnection:]| ERROR: Could not remove remote path at ./DiagnosticLogs/security.log.20140119T105324Z.gz
I would be lucky if someone could help.
Hartmut

If it's a zip file that just contains the classes,
then (brilliant insight here) change it's name so
that it's a jar file. If it's a zip file that
contains a bunch of documentation and readme files
and also a jar file that contains the classes, then
extract that jar file and use it.Do you mean that the only difference between jar files and zip files is the extension name???

I have an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 and iBooks version 2.1.1. I have 64GB of storage, 80% is used. iBooks is using 250MB of storage. I have a large number of PDF files in my iBooks library. At this time I can not add another book or PDF file to my library.

I have an iPad 2 with iOS 5.1 and iBooks version 2.1.1. I have 64GB of storage, 80% is used. iBooks is using 250MB of storage. I have a large number of PDF files in my iBooks library. At this time I can not add another book or PDF file to my library. When I try to move a PDF file to iBooks the system works for a while...sometimes the file appears and than disappears....sometimes the file never appears. Is ther some limit to the number of books or total storage used in IBooks? Thanks....

Hi jybravo70,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
It sounds like you may be experiencing issues on your non iOS 8 devices because iOS 8 is required to set up or join a Family Sharing group.
The following information is located in the print at the bottom of the article.
Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing
Family Sharing requires a personal Apple ID signed in to iCloud and iTunes. Music, movies, TV shows, and books can be downloaded on up to 10 devices per account, five of which can be computers. iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are required to set up or join a Family Sharing group and are recommended for full functionality. Not all content is eligible for Family Sharing.
Have a great day,
Joe

Anyone know how to change the size of PDFs in the iBooks library?

I was wondering if there was a way to increase the size of the thumbnails for PDFs in the iBooks library on your iPad. It's hard to read them at this default size and just about every other app in creation (several of them modeled after OSX's own file folder display system) will allow you to zoom in on thumbnails or change the orientation so that they are grouped in a way that makes them easier to see. My kingdom for a slider-majigger at the bottom of the screen!
Anyway, does my request make sense? Also, am I missing something, or is that feature just not available?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can adjust the time of each slide in the slideshow settings, which you'll find above the thumbnails of the slides when you open the photo album on the Apple TV.
Note, not all of the slideshow options have time settings.

How do I email a pdf from my iBooks Library after upgrading to iOS8? There is no Share button.

I Have upgraded my iPad Air to iOS 8 this morning. I cannot share or email a pdf document in my iBooks Library. Any suggestions on how it works?
Thanks.

I still get the share icon on my PDFs, at the top left of the menu - though on some PDFs I only get the 'Print' option on it, they are presumably protected in some way

I don't know how to store PDF docs in my iBook library ... can anyone help ? ? ?

I don't know how to store PDF docs in my iBook library ... can anyone help ? ? ?

What I have been doing is exporting documents to PDF's on my PC in Open Office and emial them to myself. I create a lot of ads, fliers and other content on my PC then transfer the content to my iPad though email. I have yet to find a PDF that I cannot choose to open in iBooks which automatically saves it in my library.

Cover art for pdf books in ibook library

Hi have tried for days to get covers on my pdf books that are in my ibook library but i can't find the answer. Have tried various methods and it is driving me insane!!! Have tried calibre, get the cover but when i try and open the book nothing happens, have tried to add a page to the pdf document but there is nowhere to let me insert a page, have read loads of things on google but nothing is working. Please help it would be greatly appreciated.
thanx

If you have a Mac computer, you can just open your PDF in preview and drag a picture into the sidebar to make it the first page then save it.
If you only have Windows computer, you can use acrobat full version to edit your PDF file.
Or you can convert cover art picture to PDF format, then combine it with book PDF file by some PDF merge tool.

How can I make multiple computers share one iBooks library?

I have several computers with which I sync my iPad. I loaded a bunch of PDFs into iBooks onto my iPad from one of them *but* the PDFs do not show up in the iBooks library on the other computers. If I click on "Sync Books" on one of hte others it asks me if I want to remove all the existing books on the iPad which I most certainly do not. How can I keep the iBooks library in sync on these multiple computers?

Books and pdfs aren't synced. Bookmarks, highlights and collections can be synced across devices. pdfs downloaded onto an iPad can be transferred to a computer when connected using the USB cable.
iTunes Store: Transfer purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer

How to open hyperlink of PDF file uploaded at SharePoint(hosted at Office365) in 'Adobe Acrobat' for annotation and comments.

Hi,
I've a hyperlink of PDF file which is uploaded under SharePoint Document library(hosted at Office365 E1) on my custom '../SitePages/Approver.aspx'. Once user click on that hyperlink it should ask me to "Check-Out & Open' pdf file directly from sharePoint document library then it should automatically gets opened into 'Adobe Acrobat' where user will do some annotation/ comments in that pdf file & again 'Check-In' back his changes to SharePoint Document library.
Following article will explain how I want to Check-In & Check-Out pdf files from SharePoint document library once i click hyperlink on my '../SitePages/Approver.aspx' page.
acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-work-with-sharepoint-and-office-365
Please let me know how to achieve this functionality using office 365.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated as this is top-priority requirement for us.
Yours sincerely,
Mahesh Sherkar
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For instance, the forms.conf file:
# Virtual path mapping for Forms Java jar and class files (codebase)
AliasMatch ^/forms/java/(..*) "D:\Oradev/forms/java/$1"
# Virtual path for JInitiator downloadable executable and download page
AliasMatch ^/forms/jinitiator/(..*) "D:\Oradev/jinit/$1"
# Virtual path for runform.htm (used to run a form for testing purposes)
AliasMatch ^/forms/html/(..*) "d:\oradev/tools/web/html/$1"
# Virtual Path for icons
AliasMatch ^/forms/icons/(..*) "d:\icons/$1"
...you can move your files in one of the existing physical directories - e.g: d:/icons - and call them with the following:
Web.show_Document('/forms/icons/document.pdf','_blank');But you can also add your own virtual/physical directory:
# Virtual Path for documents
AliasMatch ^/forms/documents/(..*) "d:\documents/$1"
...with the following code:
Web.show_Document('/forms/documents/document.pdf','_blank');Francois

Move the iBooks library to external/different hard drive?

Hi! Is it possible to move the iBooks library from its default location on the boot drive (where the iBooks-application also resides) to a different hard drive?
Currently all my ebooks and PDF’s are kept in the default „Books“-folder in the home-library on the SSD-boot-drive of my Mac where the iBooks application is also kept by default (path: Users/„username“/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBo oks/Books). Space is getting narrow on my SSD-boot-drive so that I would like to free up approximately 20 GB by moving the entire iBooks library to a second internal HDD-drive of my Mac or to an external USB-drive.
I have not been able to find any instructions on the internet on how to move the iBooks library nor have I been successful in any of my experiments to move the „Books“-folder. What I have tried is the following:
1. I moved the original PDF-files away out of the „Books“-folder to a different drive and placed aliases from these files in the „Books“-folder. The result is that the iBooks-application will simply re-create a full size copy of the original PDF file in the „Books“-folder. I.e. no saving of disk space!
2. I copied the „Books“-folder from its default location in the user library on my internal SSD-boot-drive to a second internal HDD-drive, erased the „Books“-folder at the original location and instead placed a hard link at the original location. I verified that the hard link is working and pointing to the right location on the second drive. The result is that the iBooks-application will not recognize/show any of the PDF-files at the new location. Trying to re-import the missing PDF-files into iBooks results in the message „This book is already in your library. Do you want to replace it with the one you’re adding?“. By clicking on „Yes“ the same message returns infinitely often. I.e. no successes!
3. I repeated the same procedure as described above under 2. using the „iBooks“-folder which encloses the „Books“-folder (along with three other folders) with the same results as before. I.e. no successes!
(path: Users/„username“/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks)
Does anyone know how to successfully move the iBooks library to external/different hard drive?
Does anyone have links to internet discussions about this problem?
Regards BJB

I was in on the Mavericks beta, when iBooks was introduced. You can not believe me if you want but it isn't currently possible to store the iBooks library on external storage at this time. The ebooks must be on the path ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books for iBooks to function properly. Any other method you may find to accomplish what you want will be unapproved and could break at any time.
You may submit your polite feedback to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ibooks_ios.html

Password protected PDF in iBooks not displaying

I loaded a password protected PDF into my iTunes library and then synced it with iPad (4th gen iOS 6.1.3). I see the PDF in iBooks on the iPad and when I click on it, it prompts for the password. I input the password and PDF "opens" but it's just the blank grey screen showing page 1/1 (it's supposed to be a 79 page document). Any ideas? I took the password off the document and loaded that one into iTunes then my iPad and it displays just fine. I did this same sequence with a different document and with the password it didn't display and without the password it did display.
If there is an issue with iBooks, any way to sideload this into Adobe Reader, or somehow "Open in" Adobe Reader from iBooks?
Thanks
Dan

It looks like this issue may be limited to files that have been set to restrict the user's ability to print or edit the document (even after a password has been entered for viewing). I found that a password-protected PDF could be viewed in iBooks, but after I added the print restriction, I had the same problem you reported.

Unable to read pdf in iBooks on MacBook Pro

Trying to use iBooks for the first time to read some PDFs, as I was unhappy with reading them in Adobe Acrobat and wanted to see if iBooks would offer a better experience.
I added the PDFs (purchased from Lonely Planet) into iBooks. However, every time I click on a file within the iBooks library, it would launch Adobe Acrobat Pro or Preview and open the PDF in one of these applications.
Next, I located the files in Finder (in the iBooks folder) and in the Get Info box, I told it to "Open with: iBooks.app". No effect.
Next, I try doing the same with the original files (in the Get Info box, I told it to "Open with: iBooks.app") before adding them to the iBooks library. Now, clicking on them in the iBooks library, it tries to launch Preview and then I get an error message:
Why???

FWIW, rEFInd 0.7.5 includes a fix that should make it more reliable on the Mac models that had problems with multiple EFI drivers installed. I've received a couple of reports that this fix helps, but I have yet to see enough reports to be convinced that it fixes issues on 100% of affected computers. (Apple's firmware varies so much from one model to another that it's impossible to say with certainty how something will work based on sampling just a couple of computers.)

Why can't I add a playlist of PDFs to iBooks?

I have added a few hundred PDFs to my iTunes library. I was then able to add these PDFs to a playlist with some videos and music. I can simply select the playlist under videos and music and easily add all the audio and movie files but when it comes to adding the PDFs I still have to do this manually one by one to iBooks. There is a similar question to this one asked in an existing thread but I have a bigger question in mind. Why would iTunes let me add the PDFs to a playlist if I can't even add a playlist to iBooks? Is there some other point to organizing a bunch of PDFs on iTunes? iTunes doesn't even display PDFs. How can I add PDFs to iTunes in a quicker manner? Is this an option that Apple will be integrating in the near future?
Yes, I have used Goodreader, but I would like an easier, quicker, integrated syncing option and one that doesn't make me manually manage the PDFs. I also make recomendations to customers about how they should manage their PDF documents and want to use iBooks so that I'm not telling them they are forced to spend more $$ in order to have this feature.

No other solution at this time. Are you using iPad or iPhone?
iPad - I can understand why you ask. It's too bad you can't sync PDF playlist. Right now the only way is to use Sugarsync. From there you can "Open PDF in iBooks". Or you can use Goodreader.
iPhone - Why would you want to use iTunes and iBooks? Although iBooks is well designed and handles PDF very well even on iPhone, it doesn't have text-reflow feature which makes PDF reading useless on iPhone unless you want to loose your eye sight soon. So the only way is to sync a folder using Sugarsync. You can access Sugarsync from Goodreader.

HT204365 i can't open a pdf in my library

I have opened several pdfs in iBooks. I would like to view them again, but also they appear in the library, there does not appear to be any means to open them. Double-tapping, holding the icon down, nothing.
What good is this app?
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Back up all data before making any changes. Please take each of the following steps until the problem is resolved.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Paste into the text box that opens by pressing command-V, then press return.
From the folder that opens, move to the Trash any items that have "Adobe" or “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then quit and relaunch Safari.
Step 2
Do as in Step 1 with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari.

IBooks library vanished after update

After updating my iOS to the latest version recently, I was dismayed to find everything gone from my iBooks library. Does anyone know if Apple is going to bother to remedy this unpleasant surprise for future updates?
I recommend backing up your pdf books by opening them in Adobe reader or Kindle reader for iPad to make sure important texts aren't lost.

Get your terminology straight ... No - if you did what KP suggested - according to your response - you reset the iPad - you did not restart it. I suggested a restart - and a sync again.
Two different things ...
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
You could try quitting all apps and then restart and try again.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close open apps by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the apps. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

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