Is the iBook useless?
I bought an iBook about a year before Apple switched to the intel processors. Now everything I try to install, trial versions included, seem to run on intel and therefore won't run on my computer. Is my iBook obsolete now? Is there a way to upgrade the processor? I really have no interest in running out to get a Macbook when my iBook was perfectly suitable for me. Any suggestions?
Mr Lucky is right, in my opinion.
Mine is a G3 iBook that I rather mindlessly allowed Apple to patch for me. Consequently, it's now too slow; but the only question in my mind is, what version & release of OS should I drop back to? Video iChats I need, so 10.2 is too far back; so I'm comparing what free Unix ports are available for Unix (10.4) as opposed to Linux (10.3). All that's important is that it runs quickly, it's secure, no vulnerabilities are present on the internet applications, *and it does what I need.*
Sadly, I use a PowerBook G4 (and free 10.4 ports from Unix) for converting video formats and writing DVDs (at 18x) & CDs (at 48x). Had I an iBook G4, this last need would be there. Remember, however, that Apple sells hardware; so it's to there benefit that you upgrade your hardware for them. This was the relation between Intel and Microsoft. If it does what you need, there is no need to continue. Also, if you've not experienced any hardware catastophes and you've replaced any recalled items, your hardware may be more reliable than a 'bleeding edge' MacBook.
To focus on my work rather than how to do it, I long ago chose to keep one editor and one operating system. Consequently, I still use my 1982 IBM PC for programming in APL with PC DOS, because it's all I need and it has an APL keyboard. The PC DOS I supplemented with Unix tools (by MKS) and an Emacs clone. (The Terminal on MacOSX Apples offers both.) So, I can switch between computers 25 years apart in age without having to think about computer-like stuff.
To write DVDs with my G3 iBook, which can't, I'm considering buying a $600 G5 Mac Mini and connecting the two with a LAN. That way I'd have both a laptop for libraries and larger machine for home. All this supports Lucky's view.
Bruce
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This issue can be caused by corrupted cookies.
Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
* Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
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I have hidden unwanted books from the purchased area of the iBooks store, but they're are still appearing on the front page of iOS as cloud downloads, is there a way to remove these from iBooks without using the hide iCloud books button?
Let me explain a little more. I had downloaded a lot of free books in the past as a trial when iBooks was first released and since then I have decided I no longer want them, because of this I hid them from the purchased section of the iBooks store. The 5 books left are ones I decided to keep as seen in the following picture.
This is how it appears in iBooks on my mac. There are 4 books downloaded and 1 book that I have decided not to download at this time. I would still like to keep this book available in the cloud incase I want to download it again in the future. You’ll notice that hide iCloud books is not selected, if I wanted to hide the book that I have chosen to keep in the cloud, but have not downloaded yet I could.
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The iOS app is working differently for me. Here is a picture of the purchased tab on the iBooks store in iOS Ibooks. Again notice that pictures of Lilly is still yet to be downloaded. This is how I expected it to look.
If we visit the front page of iOS iBooks the view is very different from what I expected. Here we can see the 4 books I wanted to keep on my device and have downloaded. We can also see the 1 book I wanted to keep, but did not want to store locally on the device and left in iCloud (Pictures of Lilly). However we can also see all the books I had hidden from the purchased section of my iTunes account and which I believe should no-longer be visible, Dracula, frankenstein etc…
I am aware of the hide iCloud books button within the iOS app, but I did not need to use this to hide the books I had removed from the my purchased section of the iBooks store on the mac, why are they still appearing in iOS?
I’m still not sure if this is a software glitch or not. This article suggests to me that books can be hidden, but I had already completed these steps.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322
A browse of google also suggests people may have been able to hide past purchases from the front page of iBooks on iOS in the past.
In case there was an issue with syncing I tried logging in and out of my iTunes account via settings in iOS. Force closing the app, disabling automatic downloads and removing my device from iTunes in the cloud. Syncing with iTunes on the mac did not correct the issue either.
Interestingly I have the same issue on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 as I do on my iPad mini suggesting that this might be an issue either with my account or with iOS iBooks software in general.
If there is a way to remove the already hidden iBooks in your account from the front page of iBooks on iOS without using the hide iCloud downloads button? Please help community!My apologies for the lack of photos, here is my post again with photos.
I have hidden unwanted books from the purchased area of the iBooks store, but they're are still appearing on the front page of iOS as cloud downloads, is there a way to remove these from iBooks without using the hide iCloud books button?
Let me explain a little more. I had downloaded a lot of free books in the past as a trial when iBooks was first released and since then I have decided I no longer want them, because of this I hid them from the purchased section of the iBooks store. The 5 books left are ones I decided to keep as seen in the following picture.
This is how it appears in iBooks on my mac. There are 4 books downloaded and 1 book that I have decided not to download at this time. I would still like to keep this book available in the cloud incase I want to download it again in the future. You’ll notice that hide iCloud books is not selected, if I wanted to hide the book that I have chosen to keep in the cloud, but have not downloaded yet I could.
This is exactly how I think this feature should work. If you have hidden a book from your purchases it should not show up in the mac Ibooks app. (I am aware you can never actually delete a purchase, just hide them and that hidden purchases can be restored to your account from within the account management section of the iBooks store).
The iOS app is working differently for me. Here is a picture of the purchased tab on the iBooks store in iOS Ibooks. Again notice that pictures of Lilly is still yet to be downloaded. This is how I expected it to look.
If we visit the front page of iOS iBooks the view is very different from what I expected. Here we can see the 4 books I wanted to keep on my device and have downloaded. We can also see the 1 book I wanted to keep, but did not want to store locally on the device and left in iCloud (Pictures of Lilly). However we can also see all the books I had hidden from the purchased section of my iTunes account and which I believe should no-longer be visible, Dracula, frankenstein etc…
I am aware of the hide iCloud books button within the iOS app, but I did not need to use this to hide the books I had removed from the my purchased section of the iBooks store on the mac, why are they still appearing in iOS?
I’m still not sure if this is a software glitch or not. This article suggests to me that books can be hidden, but I had already completed these steps.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201322
A browse of google also suggests people may have been able to hide past purchases from the front page of iBooks on iOS in the past.
In case there was an issue with syncing I tried logging in and out of my iTunes account via settings in iOS. Force closing the app, disabling automatic downloads and removing my device from iTunes in the cloud. Syncing with iTunes on the mac did not correct the issue either.
Interestingly I have the same issue on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 as I do on my iPad mini suggesting that this might be an issue either with my account or with iOS iBooks software in general.
If there is a way to remove the already hidden iBooks in your account from the front page of iBooks on iOS without using the hide iCloud downloads button? Please help community!
iPhone 6, iOS 8.3, Also an issue on my iPad mini iOS 8 -
I am confused about something. How do I read a book on my MacBook Pro? I can't find the iBook app anywhere, which is what I use on my iPad. The book I want to read is in my iTunes but I can't click on it. Some of my iBooks show up in my iTunes but they are "grayed" out. The only books that respond in iTunes are audiobooks and that's not what I'm looking for. Is this a stupid question?
Nevermind - I answered my own question, which is I CAN"T READ ANY BOOKS I purchased in iBooks on my MacBook Pro. If I want to read on my mac I have to use Kindle or Nook. Which means any book I've already purchased through iBooks has to be read on my iPad. Kind of a drag because there are times when it's more convenient for me to read while I'm sitting with my Mac.
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To protect yourself there are alternatives: put a ©2013 by ME in the description of each photo. Always add your copyright notice to the metadata in every photo.
I once had several of my photos taken off the internet and then used in a commercial catalog without my permission. I was outraged, the catalog company was naive, and in the end I received $100 compensation and an apology. - Fabini -
What happens to the display if the iBook is closed when Not asleep??
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I know that there was no accident since the computer was sitting in a home office between the time I used it last until the time my husband went to use it 17 hours later. No one else was home. He noticed that the computer was not sleeping when it was closed also.
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How can we change the password in the iBook donated to our nonprofit? No password was given with the iBook and every time we try to install items, the password window pops up. We need to put in printer and other software. Help! We can use the laptop without changing the password.
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to buy one from somewhere, and you may be lucky to get a retail OS X 10.5.x
version. The original grey-label install set of software and OS X it shipped with
likely would be an older system than Leopard 10.5. Last versions of G4 Mac, &
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which accompanied other computer build models generally do not interchange.
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is asking. These aren't retail stock, are special discs for computers who could use
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do not replace specialized original install DVD, such as an early Intel mac requires.
You'd need to have a serial number of the computer, and a method of payment
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or computer resellers who handle repaired Macs. Avoid mystery grey label ones
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iBooks only syncs purchased books. Others must be synced in iTunes.
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I have few PDf files on my computer and I want to add them to my ipod touch, please tell me the procedure on how should I do that? Secondly I want to run these Pdf files through the ibook app, as it also have the Pdf file sections
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How can I promote my book in the ibook store?
Hello, I recently submitted an Ibook for review which got accepted but would like to know what would the requirements be to promote the book in the iBook Store and what assets would I need?
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BasilYou must add the itunes redirect tag within the <channel> element of your feed. Its doubtful that a 3rd party app would support this tag, but its possible. If you have access to the actual xml file, you can add the redirect feed manually using any text editor.
<itunes:new-feed-url>http://yournewdomain.com/podcast.xml</itunes:new-feed-url>
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How can I share an ibook that is 250 megs with others without using the ibook store
Hello
I'm using ibook author and the book I have created is 250 megs. I'm having trouble sharing it and getting on my new ibook air. Does anyone know if there is a good way to share the file with others without publishing it or using iTunes?
I'd ideally like to use something like Dropbox or my website but every time I try to download the file using one of these sites safari/apple says file not readable.
Any help would be appreciated.
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1) export ibook author file as an xxxxxx.ibooks
2) upload xxxxx.ibooks to dropbox and then send my self a test link
3) using safari i download the xxxxx.ibooks file
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5) I tap on the "open in ibooks" button - nothing happens
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any advice is appreciated
Do you think the problem could be the size of the file?
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Can I send an iPhoto book to my parents as a PDF? I need their input before I order the ibook.
Can I send an iPhoto book to my parents as a PDF? I need their input before I order the ibook.
You can create a PDF preview of your book, see this link:
iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1040
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I have a problem with the application iBooks when I read an Arabic book the pages are misarranged in all the Arabic books. You can try it yourself just load an Arabic book and try to read it you will not find the pages the same like the original book you will have to turn many pages forward and back to get the true arrangement of the original book. This problem is not found in stanza or kobo inspite of the fact that the iBooks look is better
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http://www.apple.com/feedback/
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How to put a doc file in the iBook app on an iPhone
I have been successful moving PDF onto the iBook app on my iPhone 3GS but the same procedure does not with with a Doc. There is a "DOC" category listed within the iBook app itself so I should be able to do it.
Dragging the file from "finder" into the ebook section within iTunes is how I get PDFs into iBook. Is there a different way for Docs?
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Cleaning a schmotz off the iBook screen... and HD and Optical drivequestion
FIRST: I was hoping to find this info in a FAQ somewhere, but couldn't come up with it. I have an iBook G4 (14-inch Late 2004)/1.33GHz/768 MB RAM/ATA 40GB HD/Slot-loading combo -- NOT Super -- drive) that I bought second-hand from some leased-computer salvage yard. The price was right and it works fine, but in its former apparently corporate life, it looks like somebody blew their nose on the screen, then made a half-hearted attempt to wipe it off with a dirty sock. There's a schmotz almost dead center in the screen (that you can really see when the Book is on) as a maybe 1 mm gray smudge, and when the Book is off, you can see a larger, streaked area where someone apparently tried to clean off the original blemish, whatever it is. Could someone suggest the safest, least screen-threatening method of cleaning this muck off the display?
SECOND: I have a couple Aluminum (I think, though the ports arranged at the rear -- not the sides -- make them look like TiBooks) 15" PBG4s. One has a 40GB, and the other has a 60GB 4200-rpm Ultra ATA/66 HD (though I thought the bigger one was 80GB or 100GB -- is this possible?). Both PBG4s are in full working order, except their displays are dead (one from me dropping one of the 'Books on a tile floor from a height of about 4 feet, the other from the dreaded display-cable-through-the-left-hinge-flex-and-finally-break syndrome. Since the HDs in the PBG4 are Ultra ATA/66/4200 rpm, and the iBook G4 HD is a 40GB ATA/100 4200 rpm, is it possible to swap one of the PBG4 Ultra ATA HDs for the plain old ATA HD in the iBook G4?
THIRD: Is it possible, or even worthwhile, to replace the iBook G4's Combo Drive for one of the PBG4 SuperDrives?
Thanks for your help!
Bart BrownBart:
The HDDs from the PBs should work fine if they are still functional. Any 2.5" ATA/IDE drive should work.
In terms of the smudge, try a damp lint-free cloth. You may need repeated applications. Wipe in circular motions. You can probably try a mild soap like ivory, but wipe it off with a damp cloth immediately. Soaps other than ivory may have caustic substances that can hurt the display.
In terms of swapping the optical drive for a SuperDrive it may work, although I am not sure if they both need to be the same make. Try it and let us know.
cornelius
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