Column (spread-sheet like) listing of items.So now I am finally looking for a Digital Asset Manager (DAM) for Audiobooks, eBooks, and PDFs. And has removed the spreadsheet-style display option, making substituting visual sorting difficult by mixing different data types in one column and insisting on display of the cover art, further making visual sort more difficult. Now, with the advent of Monterey, Books.app has ‘simplified’ the display and reduced sort options for these media. I personally had made my peace with Books.app and continued, with some effort, to manage these media and synchronize them with, for example, my iPhone. And, of course, the data files were hidden in ~/Library which essentially eliminated use of external storage devices unless the entire contents of ~/, the user’s Home directory, was moved to the external device.īut, until recently is was easy sort and view PDF and eBook lists. Bulk editing of multiple items in Books became impossible.

Any metadata beyond name, author, and type of file were summarily discarded. As a bonus for upgrading to a newer OS X versions, all of these were ‘migrated’ to iBooks, now Books, but only the raw files were transferred. It was a reasonably comprehensive Digital Asset Manager (DAM) for Audiobooks, eBooks, and PDFs.

Long ago in a galaxy close by, an iTunes.app was not just for music.

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