Comment 9 for bug 1243670

I now understand why/how you recommend Marvin, thanks Greg.

Cheers,

Graham Douglas
m: 0450 319 111

Sent from my iPad

On 25 Oct 2013, at 2:17, GRiker <email address hidden> wrote:

Graeme, I understand your frustration. I too am an iBooks user, and I'm
annoyed that Apple has built their garden wall even higher with the
release of Mavericks. I spent several months implementing iTunes support
for calibre, and now with Mavericks, all that work is obsolete.

In a nutshell, the problem is that iTunes offers an OSA (application
automation) interface which made it possible for calibre to communicate
with iTunes through AppleTalk. The new iBooks app for OS X, which has
taken over book management under Mavericks, does not offer an OSA
interface. So there's no simple solution to replace the functionality.

The available alternatives at this point:
- Revert to OS X 10.8
- Use calibre's content server and iOS's 'Open in' functionality
- Switch to Marvin (ePub) and GoodReader (PDF), both supported by the iOS reader applications plugin.

I am looking for ways to implement a new approach, but as I said
earlier, I have no idea if or when that might happen.

It's also possible that another calibre developer may decide to tackle
this.

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Title:
 Unable send books to device via tunes /iBooks

Status in calibre: e-book management:
 Confirmed

Bug description:
 Using Mavericks the once simple process is no longer possible, please
 fix

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