#Save pdf to ibook on mac mac os x#

#Save pdf to ibook on mac mac os x#

You can modify the title and other details listed for the web article by right-clicking on its entry in the Library and clicking on the Info tab, then just edit as desired.Īfter seeing this method mentioned at Mac Os X Hints, I’ve tried this out with a handful of web articles. Now you should be able to go to the iTunes app and click on the Books selection within the Library section in the left pane, and see your newly saved web article shown there. In the Print dialog that pops up, click on the PDF button at the lower left, and then choose ‘iTunes’ from the drop-down that appears (as shown in the screencap at the top of this post). Click on the File Menu in your browser and choose the ‘Print’ item in the menu. Browse to any web page you want to save in this way. Now you’re ready to save a web page for use in iBooks. Then browse in Finder to the ~/Library/PDF Services folder, and drag the iTunes alias into that folder. Drag the alias you just created to the desktop. Choose ‘Make Alias’ from the menu list that pops up.

To do so, browse to your /Applications folder in Finder and right-click on the iTunes app icon. Create an alias of the iTunes application. To save any full web article for transfer to iBooks (via iTunes) on a Mac here’s what you need to do: Read on for a quick rundown on how it’s done … Have you ever started reading a long article on the web and thought that it would be great to be able to read it in iBooks on the iPad? If so, did you know it’s quite easy (on a Mac) to print a web page as a PDF to iTunes and read it later on the iPad (or iPhone) in iBooks?