Looks like we have iBooks

[lewismayell]

So far all that's been asked for has been granted

 

[`ShawnD]

So far all that's been asked for has been granted

Maps as well.

 

[lewismayell]

Maps as well.

Ahhhhhh

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Maps as well.

They've dedinitely been reading these forums

 

[tgi]

Where's Siri?

 

[Theorize]

Any ideas on what the black/green thing is next to settings?

 

[lewismayell]

Any ideas on what the black/green thing is next to settings?

Activity monitor, it's in utilities

 

[Theorize]

Activity monitor, it's in utilities

Thanks you! The stream wasn't loading for me.

 

[lewismayell]

Thanks you! The stream wasn't loading for me.

 

[GoCubsGo]

There is no reason why iBooks shouldn't have been there all along.

 

[lewismayell]

There is no reason why iBooks shouldn't have been there all along.

I agree

 

[Bear]

The question I have is will you be able to have more than one book open at once on a Mac?

This is useful when you are working on a project and need to jump between multiple references.

 

[philipk]

There is no reason why iBooks shouldn't have been there all along.

I agree.

My guess is that it is about copy protection. iBooks is the only e-book platform that hasn't been fully hacked.

Now that it will be available on OS X that will probably change. Not that I am advocating that hack.

I feel Apple realized that it was needed in OS X so it was will to sacrifice their copy protection security.

Honest buyers shouldn't be penalized for dishonest people. Personally I do not know anyone breaking the copy protection on their e-books.

 

[JohnDoe98]

The question I have is will you be able to have more than one book open at once on a Mac?

This is useful when you are working on a project and need to jump between multiple references.

Yep, Apple's website says you can have as many as you want open. I just hope it syncs your pdfs and lets you do all the annotation features on them too, not just the epubs. From the website:

If you’re a student hitting the books, keep as many open as you like and search through them with ease. When you quote an excerpt while writing a paper, iBooks adds a citation for you. And when you take notes, highlight passages, or add a bookmark on your Mac, iCloud pushes them to all your devices automatically.

http://www.apple.com/osx/preview/