Thread: Calibre does not recognise connected iPad Mini
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:52 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by themusicman View Post
Hi All

Discovered the excellent Calibre this weekend after a friend recommended it to me. Super stuff.

However, I can't seem to get Calibre to recognise my iPad Mini when it is connected to my MacBookPro.

I have managed to get some eBooks loaded on the Mac, converted to ePUB format, then save that file to disk and drag to iTunes which then syncs the Books app on my iPad to the Mac and I am able to read the book, however... what i want to do is to be able to read the books using the Kindle app on my iPad.

The manual suggests that Calibre should automatically detect when my iPad is connected to my Mac, but alas it doesn't in my case.

How do I go about resolving this please? Any advice?

Thanks all.
Several years ago, Calibre detected when an iPad was connected, but that functionality was broken several years ago.

You can now transfer to your iPad a number of ways depending on what reading app you use. If you want to read on the Kindle app, and you buy via amazon, then you can simply download inside the Kindle app. If you are trying to read mobi ebooks, then you can sideload by going to iTunes, select the kindle app and drag any mobi ebooks you want there.
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