Syncing Books

I’m trying to sync my books across my devices, I go to iCloud and have turned on books, when I go to settings > books and try to select “reading now” and “iCloud Drive” under Syncing they are both greyed out on my iPad, I was able to select them on my iPhone, what is stopping me on my iPad?

iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi

Posted on Jan 13, 2023 4:35 PM

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3 replies

picas

Level 7

21,039 points

Jan 13, 2023 9:21 PM in response to pkmarvinsmith

A couple of things to try. Force restart: Force restart iPad – Apple Support (AU)

Offload the app and download again.

picas

Level 7

21,039 points

Jan 13, 2023 6:00 PM in response to pkmarvinsmith

Books use iCloud Drive for syncing. Go to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Show all and make sure Books is enabled.

Jan 13, 2023 8:40 PM in response to picas

It is, I did that before going to books in settings

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