Thanks to the new iBooks app in OS X Mavericks, it’s easy to store and read your ebooks—be they purchased from the iBookstore or elsewhere (as long as they’re in the .epub or .ibooks format). But you can also keep PDFs in iBooks, too, and even organize them to your liking—though Apple’s tools still leave a bit to be desired on that front.
Add your PDFs
- Tap Remove, then choose Remove From Reading Now, Remove Download, or Delete Everywhere. Delete Everywhere: Your PDF is stored in iCloud Drive and isn't currently taking up space on your device. Choose Delete Everywhere to remove the PDF from iCloud Drive on all of your devices.
- How to add your PDF files to iBooks on iPhone? IPhone / add PDF to iBooks, import pdf to ibooks iphone. For online PDF documents you came across when browsing a web page, you can follow this step-by-step guide to directly download the PDF files from Safari to iPhone. Import PDF files to iPhone via iTunes. First, connect your iphone to your.
Adding PDFs to the iBooks app is easy. Just drag and drop them onto the iBooks screen, or go to File > Add to Library (Shift-Command-O) and select the applicable file.
Now the way to add the PDF to iBooks slightly varies depending on where you are getting this PDF from. If you are getting the PDF from Safari When the file is open, tap on the screen to call up the Open in iBooks tab (in Safari, the tab will show up right after the download is complete, but will disappear after about a second).
If you want to add a whole bunch of PDFs, or you’re looking for PDFs from your hard drive to add, you can do a quick Finder search to find them. To get all PDFs on your hard drive, open a Finder window, then type Kind:PDF in the search bar. The option Kinds - PDF Document should appear below the search bar. Click it, and you’ll see all PDF files on your hard drive; from there you can drag and drop to your liking.
Unlike the old iBooks section in iTunes, the iBooks app doesn’t let you adjust or alter metadata for books you’ve added yourself—so if your PDF has a weird name and author, you may have to adjust that in a different program (like Adobe Acrobat) before uploading to iBooks. In addition, when you add a book to your iBooks library, it doesn’t transfer the PDF—it makes a copy. As such, you may end up with two different copies of your PDFs if you decide to add a bunch of them.
Organize your PDFs
Once you’ve added your PDFs to iBooks, you can easily view and organize them by visiting the Collections tab. Click on PDFs to view all your files. From here, you can press the plus-sign button (+) in the lower left corner of the screen to add a new collection. You can create a collection called Scripts to hold all your play-based PDFs, for instance.
Unfortunately, while collections sync across devices, PDFs and ePubs not purchased from the iTunes Store won’t sync—meaning that your PDF library is stuck on whichever computer you choose to organize it on.
Peruse your PDFs
Just like with ebooks, you double-click a PDF to open it. Interestingly enough, iBooks doesn’t actually open PDFs stored in the app—it punts them over to Preview for any viewing. Should you choose to annotate those documents, you’ll have to make a separate copy and re-upload that to your iBooks library.
In short: iBooks is not a bad way to keep track of your scripts and other PDF documents, but it starts to stutter if you’d like to sync those PDFs with other devices or annotate them in Preview. With luck, we may see changes to iBooks in the future that address these issues, but for now, it’s a passable option if you’d like to group your books and PDFs locally on your computer.
Chrome on iOS is a huge deal for those of us who love the cross-platform synchronization features that Google’s versatile browser brings to the table. But just like with Microsoft, Apple isn’t all that accommodating to third-party web browsers on its platform.
And that means useful features such as Safari’s ability to seamlessly copy over PDFs to iBooks are pretty much non-existent on Chrome. But does that continue to be the case?
This is going to sound too good to be true, but with the latest Chrome update for iOS, you can now save PDF files that you open in Chrome directly to iBooks! And even better, Chrome also supports iOS 11’s Files app, and that makes downloading PDFs to your iPhone or iPad a breeze!
So how do you do that? Let’s find out!
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After opening a PDF on Chrome via your iPhone or iPad, just tap slightly on the screen. You should see an option labeled OPEN IN show up on the bottom of the screen. Tap it.
Important: If you don't see this option, make sure to have the latest Chrome update installed on your iOS device via the App Store.Chrome should now open a Share pane that lists a completely different set of actions to what's normally accessible via the Share icon at top of the browser ... which is pretty weird, but does it matter?
How To Download Pdf Into Ibooks
The Copy to iBooks option should definitely catch your eye — tap it, and the PDF should instantly load in iBooks. Yay! You can then make use of the various cool markup tools present within iBooks to add comments and annotations easily. After making the changes, you can also mail the file directly from within the app itself.
And then there’s Copy to Notes. Pretty useful if you want to add the file over to a note. You should also see an AirDrop option that lets you send the PDF file directly as a link to other iOS devices.
But the real deal lies with the Save to Files option. Just tap it, and Chrome should open the Files app.
The real deal lies with the Save to Files option
Once you do that, you can then select any cloud-based storage on your device to save the PDF to iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Google Drive, etc. You can also navigate to any sub-folder within the listed locations. Very intuitive and super-easy to use.
After selecting your preferred location, simply tap Add, and voila, your file should be saved to the selected location.
Now, copying the file over to iBooks doesn't give you much options when it comes to managing the file. And, saving it to a cloud-based location doesn't really 'download' the file to your device. But, there's a workaround that lets you store the PDF file locally. Let's see how it works.
Local Storage
You may have noticed an On My iPhone or On My iPad location listed within the Files app. It’s something that shows up if you have certain apps (like Word, PowerPoint, VLC etc.) installed.
If you don't see this folder: How to Fix On My iPhone or iPad Folder Missing Issue on iOS 11 Files AppThese apps use Files integration to save files locally on your device, which means that you can also use the related sub-folders within the On My iPhone/iPad location to store your PDFs from Chrome locally as well.
However, don't forget that it's a workaround rather than an intended functionality on iOS. And that means deleting an app related to the sub-folder removes any saved PDFs stored within it as well. So do be careful.
Regardless, PDFs saved locally or onto cloud-storage locations gain access to the intuitive file management features that the Files app brings to the table. And before wrapping things up, let's look at a few of them.
Deleting an app related to the sub-folder removes any saved PDFs stored within it as well
PDFs on the Files App
Downloaded PDFs can be opened directly via the Files app itself. Just open the Files app, browse to the location where you saved the file, and then tap it.
The Files app should instantly use iOS’s native PDF-viewing capabilities — similar to iBooks — to immediately display the contents of the file.
Even better, you gain access to iBooks’ PDF annotation tools to perform markups easily, with any changes made saved seamlessly as soon as you close the previewer. Be sure to give it a try. You are gonna love it!
Now, what if you want to open the file in a dedicated PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader? Pretty simple. Just perform a long-press on the file and tap Share on the Command bar. You can then specify whatever app that you want the PDF to load in.
There are still a ton of other stuff that you can do with the Files app. Moving your PDFs between cloud-storages, renaming them to whatever you want, or tagging files from multiple locations is made trivial by this phenomenal addition to iOS 11. And, it's loads better than any of the dedicated cloud-storage apps on your device, so make sure to take maximum advantage of it.
Vital Functionality, Finally …
Over the years, Chrome users on iOS had to jump through various hoops to get PDFs downloaded to their iPhone or iPad, but no longer. It’s refreshing to finally find the option to directly save PDFs to any cloud-based location, or even locally using the On My iPhone/iPad folder workaround.
No more messing around with hidden options on obscure Print menus or copying links over to Safari. Phew …
How To Download A Pdf To Ibooks
So, how did it go? Hit any roadblocks? Do let us know in comments.
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