Besides syncing my library automatically is there a way to drag and drop books into the iPad now? They took away the books tab in iTunes and I can't drag and drop from the iBooks app.
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How about manually? I don't like syncing movies and music and it looks like I am forced to if I sync books. Anyone know how to manually manage books like music and movies?
Interesting... So you will need a workaround to manually manage books now? No way to drag in?
What kind of books?
iBook and Kindle purchased books sync over the cloud, so no need to drag and drop.
iBook and Kindle purchased books sync over the cloud, so no need to drag and drop.
I don't actually know, as I use Windows to sync my iPad. However, since you said you couldn't find a way to drag them, I just thought I'd suggest a workaround. I hope you do find a way to drag them, because I agree it'd suck if that function is gone.
This is all handled by the iBooks application now (applications folder). Any documents and books you add there get uploaded to your iPad when you sync with iTunes.
Yeah. I wouldn't mind syncing if it wasn't all or none... I don't mind syncing my playlists or albums but I like having my videos swapped out often. I take new eps of stuff to the gym or sometimes keep a movie on my iPad for months. But now I need to sync everything if I want just want to swap out books. I mean I don't have THAT many books where it's an issue. But I do have THAT many movies.
It's weird that they would get rid of manually managed books.
What do you mean it's all or nothing? Unless iTunes for Mac works totally different from the Windows version, you can pick and choose which books / videos to sync.
I meant sync all or manually manage all (the nothing part)... but you can't manually manage books now so if I want to manually manage my videos I won't have books as an option unless I use a work around I guess... or I will have to sync books/videos/music. Even though I get to pick and choose from the tabs it's kind of a pain as I ripped all my DVDs (like 200+) onto my iTunes so it's a bit of a hassal to dig through.
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You used to be able to manually manage books. That's what I did. I dragged and dropped them onto my iPad from the Books tab before. I only like syncing my music, really.
What I do with videos is make a "sync video" playlist, and add / delete videos there as needed. Then, in the movies tab, I set it to sync just that playlist.