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mspalacios · 09-19-2019, 06:53 PM

Finally got sick of the blue light when I read on my heavy iPad so went for a Libra H2O.

Happy overall, but I am sorely missing a few things.... your thoughts welcome:

1. I am surprised how much I miss book progress synchronization for sideloaded books. On my iPad, iCloud took care of the sync and I was able to pick up on iPhone and take advantage of down/wait times. Is there any way to get this back?

2. I updated for iOS 13 on my iPhone /iPad today and I lost the ability to sideload books on the Kobo Books app. I confirmed with Kobo support that the share sheet scheme changed in iOS 13 and they have not updated the app. I used to be able to email the book to myself (or upload to DropBox/Google Drive) and export the book via "Copy to Kobo Books". They suggest waiting or using iTunes! Yuck... Any workarounds? This will help with issue 1. above - at least I can scroll around to find my spot.

3. Is there a way to make the Home screen of the Kobo default to my books and not Free books, library?

Thanks!

09-19-2019, 06:53 PM	#1
mspalacios Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: Kobo Libra H2O, iPhone Xs Max, iPad Mini 4	New to Kobo world with Libra H2O Finally got sick of the blue light when I read on my heavy iPad so went for a Libra H2O. Happy overall, but I am sorely missing a few things.... your thoughts welcome: 1. I am surprised how much I miss book progress synchronization for sideloaded books. On my iPad, iCloud took care of the sync and I was able to pick up on iPhone and take advantage of down/wait times. Is there any way to get this back? 2. I updated for iOS 13 on my iPhone /iPad today and I lost the ability to sideload books on the Kobo Books app. I confirmed with Kobo support that the share sheet scheme changed in iOS 13 and they have not updated the app. I used to be able to email the book to myself (or upload to DropBox/Google Drive) and export the book via "Copy to Kobo Books". They suggest waiting or using iTunes! Yuck... Any workarounds? This will help with issue 1. above - at least I can scroll around to find my spot. 3. Is there a way to make the Home screen of the Kobo default to my books and not Free books, library? Thanks!