Sync books between your Mac and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
You can sync all or a selection of your books on your Mac to your device.
See Intro to syncing your Mac and your devices.
Sync books to your device
Connect your device to your Mac.
You can connect your device using a USB or USB-C cable, or a Wi-Fi connection. See Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
Click in the Dock to open a Finder window, then select the device in the Finder sidebar.
If you connect your device to your Mac using a USB cable and can’t see the device in the Finder sidebar, see If your device doesn’t appear in the sidebar.
In the row near the top, click Books.
Select the “Sync books onto [device name]” tickbox to turn on syncing of your books.
With the tickbox selected, syncing is set to transfer all your books to your device.
To sync a selection of books, select the “Selected books” tickbox.
Select the tickboxes for the individual books you want to sync in the books list. Deselect the tickbox for any book you don’t want to sync.
Click Books or PDFs to see your content organised by that category.
When you’re ready to sync, click Apply.
You can choose to sync your Mac and your device automatically whenever you connect them. See Turn automatic syncing on or off on Mac.
Before disconnecting your device from your Mac, click in the Finder sidebar.
Remove automatically synced books from your device
To remove an unwanted book from your Mac and device, delete the book from your Mac and sync your device.
To remove a book from just your device while keeping it on your Mac, follow these steps:
Connect your device to your Mac.
You can connect your device using a USB or USB-C cable, or a Wi-Fi connection. See Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
Click in the Dock to open a Finder window, select your device in the sidebar, then click Books in the row near the top.
In the books list, deselect the tickbox of the book you want to remove.
When you’re ready to sync, click Apply.
WARNING: If you delete an automatically synced item from your Mac, the deleted item is removed from your device the next time you sync.
Before disconnecting your device from your Mac, click in the Finder sidebar.