where are my epubs? they show up in books.app, but where is the actual file?

I have purchased books from other places and have made a few of my own from pdfs that I had. Someone at work wants to read one of them- and I cannot find it to send to them. it is in my books.app, but I cannot find the physical file, those seem to have been moved off the computer. I found the book artwork, but I cannot find the book itself.


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I looked in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks but all I can find is the audiobooks

MacBook Air

Posted on Jul 28, 2025 7:39 PM

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Posted on Jul 28, 2025 8:20 PM

~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/iBooks/Books is where the epubs that I've imported are located. You could also just search "epub" in finder search. You likely also have the pdfs that you made elsewhere for sharing.

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