Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-07 Thread David Griffith 
On Windows I use QRead and as far as I can tell preserves structure fine 
for the purposes I have used it for.
Control H will bring up a navigable list of headings in any book or 
magazine and this is my main method of navigation.


I will put it on my VM Ware Fusion image of Win 7 as a mac alternatibve 
to iBooks for now.
I used to use Stanza on the Mac.  Unfortunately Stanza does not seem to 
support  modern epub file on the Mac any more though it stills handles 
mobi files OK as long as you install the legacy Java stuff when prompted.
This is a work around for the RNIB Talking Newspaper service as stuff is 
available as mobi as well as epub from that library.


David Griffith
06/02/2016 20:35, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:

Yes, clean installs are best done clean.  It’s a pain, but it’s always worth 
doing the clean part.  There will be corrupt preferences and long-dead traces 
of previous crashes or other problems that would be swept up by simply cloning 
the Library folders.

 From what you’re saying, though, it sounds like your investments of time are 
best elsewhere.  To be honest, I rarely use iBooks for OS X for reading at all. 
 You only need it to set up your book library for iTunes to sync to your 
iDevices.  If I could opt out of that, and have my books back in my media 
folder (which is not on my boot device) you can be sure that I would.

What, out of interest, do you use for ePub on Windows?  Anything that preserves 
structure?



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Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-07 Thread Donna Goodin 
I have just tried using iBooks for the first time as well.  I know this may 
seem like a sort of basic suggestion, but the first time I opened iBooks, I had 
the same problem.  I closed and reopened the app, and now the problem has gone 
away.  You might give that a try.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Jonathan Cohn  wrote:
> 
> I have just tried using iBooks for the first time, so I need to add a couple 
> things to my library. You might want to try trashing all preferences that 
> start with com.apple.ibooks and see if that helps.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2016, at 04:13, David Griffith  wrote:
>> 
>> Ever since I upgraded to El Kapitan I have found iBooks on OS unusable with 
>> constant busy messages ehen whenever I try to interact with the text scroll 
>> area. .
>> I took advice and did a complete clean install of El Kapitan.
>> 
>> Unfortunately this has not produced any improvement and I have exactly the 
>> same issues as when I had simply upgraded over Yosemite.
>> 
>> I have a 2011 iMac with 16 GB of Ram and a solid state primary hard disc. No 
>> other part of the OS, as far as I can tell so far is producing any lag.
>> I am using the Alex voice.
>> 
>> It seems puzzingly that some of us are reporting no issues whilst others 
>> appear to have exactly the same problem I have.
>> 
>> Could I first of all confirm if anybody else, like me, has this problem even 
>> after a complete clean install?
>> 
>> David Griffith
>> 
>> 
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Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-07 Thread Jonathan Cohn 
I have just tried using iBooks for the first time, so I need to add a couple 
things to my library. You might want to try trashing all preferences that start 
with com.apple.ibooks and see if that helps.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn

> On Feb 6, 2016, at 04:13, David Griffith  wrote:
> 
> Ever since I upgraded to El Kapitan I have found iBooks on OS unusable with 
> constant busy messages ehen whenever I try to interact with the text scroll 
> area. .
> I took advice and did a complete clean install of El Kapitan.
> 
> Unfortunately this has not produced any improvement and I have exactly the 
> same issues as when I had simply upgraded over Yosemite.
> 
> I have a 2011 iMac with 16 GB of Ram and a solid state primary hard disc. No 
> other part of the OS, as far as I can tell so far is producing any lag.
> I am using the Alex voice.
> 
> It seems puzzingly that some of us are reporting no issues whilst others 
> appear to have exactly the same problem I have.
> 
> Could I first of all confirm if anybody else, like me, has this problem even 
> after a complete clean install?
> 
> David Griffith
> 
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Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread David Griffith 
Yes this is what is happening with me but based on this feedback I may 
have to do an ultra clean install.


The problem may be that after the install I migrated my apps and 
settings across to the new install from Time  machine as it is a real 
pain retrieving and entering all the non app store app licenses.
 Also my printer driver setup requires me to pay for sighted help as 
well.  As everything else is working as expected so far I might have to 
consider whether iBooks is really worth having to dlete all my settings 
accounts and so on to set everything up from scratch.


 I may just rely on Windows for ePub.

David Griffith

On 06/02/2016 12:54, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:

Although I think iBooks for Mac is really quite horrible, an unfinished 
counterpart to its far-superior iOS version, I didn’t have any trouble using 
it.  Once you interact with the scroll area, you can stay interacted with it, 
and even continuous read, and it will plough through the book, overcoming any 
navigational boundary.

Is this really not what you have? Damn. :(



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Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu 
Yes, clean installs are best done clean.  It’s a pain, but it’s always worth 
doing the clean part.  There will be corrupt preferences and long-dead traces 
of previous crashes or other problems that would be swept up by simply cloning 
the Library folders.

>From what you’re saying, though, it sounds like your investments of time are 
>best elsewhere.  To be honest, I rarely use iBooks for OS X for reading at 
>all.  You only need it to set up your book library for iTunes to sync to your 
>iDevices.  If I could opt out of that, and have my books back in my media 
>folder (which is not on my boot device) you can be sure that I would.

What, out of interest, do you use for ePub on Windows?  Anything that preserves 
structure?

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Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu 
Although I think iBooks for Mac is really quite horrible, an unfinished 
counterpart to its far-superior iOS version, I didn’t have any trouble using 
it.  Once you interact with the scroll area, you can stay interacted with it, 
and even continuous read, and it will plough through the book, overcoming any 
navigational boundary.

Is this really not what you have? Damn. :(

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iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread David Griffith 
Ever since I upgraded to El Kapitan I have found iBooks on OS unusable 
with constant busy messages ehen whenever I try to interact with the 
text scroll area. .

I took advice and did a complete clean install of El Kapitan.

Unfortunately this has not produced any improvement and I have exactly 
the same issues as when I had simply upgraded over Yosemite.


I have a 2011 iMac with 16 GB of Ram and a solid state primary hard 
disc. No other part of the OS, as far as I can tell so far is producing 
any lag.

I am using the Alex voice.

It seems puzzingly that some of us are reporting no issues whilst others 
appear to have exactly the same problem I have.


Could I first of all confirm if anybody else, like me, has this problem 
even after a complete clean install?


David Griffith


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