Jan 21, 2015 Downloading a file from the internet is easy - typically just a click or two. But knowing and controlling where downloads go takes a little more effort. When I download files like ebooks off the internet, I can never find them. Where do they go on my computer? It depends on how you download.
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Using the Apple Books app in macOS (formerly known as iBooks), you can download your Books to your Mac, iPhone, IPad, or other iOS devices for reading offline. B
ut where are Apple Books downloads stored on your Mac? There’s no Books folder in your user directory, and there’s no Show in Finder option when viewing downloaded books in the app.
The answer is that the downloaded Apple Books location depends on the type of file you’re looking for. That’s because the Books app allows users to browse and read both purchased books from the Apple Books Store as well as compatible ePUB files that a user manually adds to the app.
Apple Books Location for Purchased Books
For books that you’ve purchased from the Apple Books Store and then downloaded to your Mac, you can find them at the following location, opening the Books directory.
$ open ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books
There you’ll find a list of ePUB files for your purchased books. Apple, unfortunately, uses unique identifiers for the file names, so you’ll need to use Quick Look to find the books you’re looking for.
Another issue is that purchased books from the Apple Books Store are protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM), so while you can make backup copies of these files for use in the Books app, you won’t be able to open them in other eBook applications like Calibre.
Apple Books Location for iCloud Imported Books
If you’ve imported compatible ePUB and PDF files into iBooks, the app will sync those for you via iCloud so that you can read them on your iOS devices and other Macs.
This process for ePUB and PDF files means, however, that these books are stored separately from purchased books.
First, you need to ensure that your iCloud account is configured to sync your imported books.
To configure your iCloud to sync up with your imported books, go to System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive Options to make sure that Books is checked.
Once it is, you can a Terminal command to navigate to the appropriate directory on your Mac, since if you try to navigate there manually in Finder, it will switch to showing you the iCloud documents folder instead. Open the Terminal app and open the iBooks directory with the
Once it is, you can a Terminal command to navigate to the appropriate directory on your Mac, since if you try to navigate there manually in Finder, it will switch to showing you the iCloud documents folder instead. Open the Terminal app and open the iBooks directory with the
open
command.
$ open ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks
This open command will open a Finder window displaying all of your imported Apple Books files.
Since you added these files to the Apple Books app, they shouldn’t have DRM and you can, therefore, copy and backup these files for use in other apps that are compatible with the ePUB format.
Since you added these files to the Apple Books app, they shouldn’t have DRM and you can, therefore, copy and backup these files for use in other apps that are compatible with the ePUB format.
Backing Up Individual Apple Books
The steps above are useful if you want to grab backup copies of your entire Apple Books library or at least many of its titles.
If you only want to back up one or two books, you can instead launch the Apple Books app, find and download the desired book, and then simply click and drag the book out of the app and onto your desktop (or any other directory in Finder).
This process will create a correctly named ePUB that you can then manually move or back up. The same restrictions with DRM for purchased books apply.
If you’d like to read more about how to get more out of iBooks, please check more TechJunkie articles, including The Best Audible Alternatives for Audiobooks – 2019 and How To Buy Kindle books on the iPhone or iPad.
If you have any tips or tricks on how to better manage your Apple Books, please leave us a comment below!
Download purchased apps, previous versions of apps, and free trials. Also, locate apps you've already installed.
Three types of downloads are available from Adobe.com:
- Current versions of apps for purchase
- Trial downloads
- Previous versions of apps purchased via electronic software download (ESD)
Log in to your Adobe ID account to download an app that you purchased from the Adobe online store, or to download a previous version of an app. A history of your ESD purchases from the Adobe Store is available in your Adobe account.
Note:
Important: If you purchased a previous version of an Adobe software product on disc, you cannot download the app from Adobe.com.
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Access your Adobe ID account online, and sign in with your Adobe ID and password.
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In the navigation bar at the top, click the Plans tab.
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Under Order History, click the order number for the app you are looking for.
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On the order page, under Items, find the app you want to download, and click Downloads and serial numbers.
When you download an app from Adobe.com, you choose a location to save the software. If you can’t remember where you saved the files, try the following solutions.
Note:
If you downloaded an app using Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista, your download could have been virtualized. See Can’t find or start the download installer.
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Check the location where your browser automatically saves downloaded files:
- Internet Explorer (Windows): C:...[user name]My DocumentsDownloads, or C:...[user name]Downloads
- Firefox: Choose Firefox > Preferences (Mac OS) or Tools > Options (Windows). In the General tab, look in the Downloads area. The download location is in the Save Files To setting.
- Safari (Mac OS): Choose Safari > Preferences. In the General tab, the download location is in the Save Downloaded Files To setting.
- Google Chrome: Choose Settings > Advanced. Under Downloads,you can access the Download location setting.
Check the Downloads window (Firefox, Safari, Chrome)
Firefox and Safari track the progress of files they download. If Firefox or Safari (not Akamai Download Manager) managed the download, check the Downloads window for the location of your downloaded files:
- Firefox: Choose Tools > Downloads, or press Ctrl+J (Windows) or Command+J (Mac OS). Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the downloaded file, and choose Open Containing Folder (Windows) or Show in Finder (Mac OS).
- Safari (Mac OS): Choose Window > Downloads or press Option+Command+L. Control-click the downloaded file and choose Show in Finder.
- Google Chrome: Choose Settings > Downloads or press Ctrl+J. Click the Show in folder link under the downloaded file.
Search your hard disks for the downloaded files using either of the following criteria:
- Look for files modified on the date that you downloaded.
- If you downloaded a CS5 application, look for files that contain CS5. On Windows, you can add wildcards by searching for *CS5*.
Note:
For assistance with searching your hard disk, see the Help files for your operating system.
If Akamai Download Manager on Firefox or Safari managed the download, Akamai Download Manager’s log file of the download session contains the location of the saved download. To use the log file to find your downloaded file, use the steps for your browser and operating system below.
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Open %USERPROFILE%.DownloadManager.DMQueue in a text editor such as Notepad.
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Look at the top of the log file for the following line: ;LAST_TARGET_FOLDER=[disk location]. For example, this line indicates that the file was saved to your desktop:;LAST_TARGET_FOLDER=C:Documents and Settings[username]desktop
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Open Terminal and type the following command: grep LAST_TARGET_FOLDER ~/.DownloadManager/.DMQueue
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Look in the Terminal window for the location of the saved file. For example, this line indicates that the file was saved to your desktop:% grep LAST_TARGET_FOLDER ~/.DownloadManager/.DMQueue ;LAST_TARGET_FOLDER=/Users/[username]/desktop %
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Find downloads for Adobe product purchased via Retail
If you purchased an Adobe product via a retail outlet, such as BestBuy or Amazon.com, and no longer have the installation media, you may be able to download your software from the Other Downloads page on Adobe.com.
If you can’t find your downloaded file, try the download again. Or, see any of the following for more help, depending on what you are downloading:
You can also visit the Download, install, and setup forum for help from other customers.
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