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Originally Posted by LuCouto
Now this is very strange because I have an iPad Mini 2 (retina) with iOS 9 and it's working just fine with Calibre and Marvin  |
You're able to sync it using the Marvin buttons in Calibre when it's connected? If so, then maybe something in iOS 9 has reverted the changes from iOS 8.3 and up.
My understanding of the problem (which is definitely shaky, because I'm not a programmer and I don't know a lot about the internal workings of iOS) is that Apple blocked the ability of third-party addons to access certain areas where some programs stored data/files. Because Marvin is one of those programs that store files in a directory structure (?) that Apple considers nonstandard, only Marvin itself (or iTunes) can access those files, and iOS Reader Applications no longer can. (Someone who knows this stuff better than me feel free to correct me if any of what I've said is wrong.)
The iOS 8.3+ issue is only a problem with the iOS Reader Applications syncing interface between Calibre and Marvin; there shouldn't be a problem with using iTunes add files to Marvin. I'm not sure if there's a separate way to send files directly from Calibre to Marvin without iOSRA, because I'm not upgrading my iOS until the problem is fixed; I'm too dependent on iOSRA and the Marvin plugin to risk it, and I'm happy with my current workflow.