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This seems like it should be so simple and I believe it USED to be. I just need to transfer a PDF from my PC to my iPhone. There used to be a "Books" section in iTunes and you could sync it with the "Books" app on the iPhone. This no longer seems to be possible.
How can I accomplish this task?
Thanks.
iPhone 11, iOS 15
Hi domtrump,
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Sorry I don't know a way to sync that .pdf from your Pc to your iPhone without iCloud:
Eg:
The Apple Support article: "Read PDF documents in Books on iPhone"
Says:
ie: To view .pdfs across devices, where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.:
Go to Settings 
> [your name] > iCloud, turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books.
Then go to Settings > Books, and turn on iCloud Drive.
Complete article: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphab2193d5/ios
NB: Of course, you'd need to set up your PC to use iCloud too,
_______________________________________________________________
ELSE:
One simple way may be to:
Redownload books and audiobooks
See "How to redownload books or audiobooks on an iPhone" in this Apple Support article
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211819
___________________________________________________________________________________
OR
You could simply eMail the PDF to yourself from PC and open/ save it to Books on iPhone:
The article: "Read PDF documents in Books on iPhone"
Says:
In the Books app, you can open and save PDFs that you receive in Mail, Messages, and other apps.
Tap the PDF attachment to open it, tap 
, then tap Books
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphab2193d5/ios
Hope this helps you :-)
Hi domtrump,
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Sorry I don't know a way to sync that .pdf from your Pc to your iPhone without iCloud:
Eg:
The Apple Support article: "Read PDF documents in Books on iPhone"
Says:
ie: To view .pdfs across devices, where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.:
Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books.
Then go to Settings > Books, and turn on iCloud Drive.
Complete article: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphab2193d5/ios
NB: Of course, you'd need to set up your PC to use iCloud too,
_______________________________________________________________
ELSE:
One simple way may be to:
Redownload books and audiobooks
See "How to redownload books or audiobooks on an iPhone" in this Apple Support article
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211819
___________________________________________________________________________________
OR
You could simply eMail the PDF to yourself from PC and open/ save it to Books on iPhone:
The article: "Read PDF documents in Books on iPhone"
Says:
In the Books app, you can open and save PDFs that you receive in Mail, Messages, and other apps.
Tap the PDF attachment to open it, tap , then tap Books
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphab2193d5/ios
Hope this helps you :-)
Ha! My friend, you buried the lead! E-mailing it to myself was so simple. I just didn't know you could save to Books.
Thanks so much for your help.
-Dom
You're welcome, -Dom,
Grateful for your response, and to know you solved the situation satisfactorily.
Cheers :-)
Transfer PDF from PC to iPhone
