Instructions for Accessing Downloaded Content (PDF's & Videos) after purchase

When you purchase any iTandCoffee guide in PDF format or a video download (mp4 format) from the iTandCoffee store, you will be taken to a confirmation web page and receive a confirmation email that contains a link to the document/video that you purchased (or multiple links if you purchased multiple documents).  

By clicking or touching on any of these links (ie the text underlined in blue), you can download the applicable PDF guide/video to your computer or iPad/iPhone.  

With iOS 13/iPadOS 13, when you download the guide/video to your iPad/iPhone, it will be able to be saved to the Files app. On a computer or other device, the download will appear in the standard Downloads location for your web browser.

What to do when you have downloaded a Video on an iPad/iPhone

Simply tap on the video in the Downloads area of Safari (see below for screens showing where to find this in Safari) to open and view it, or find it later in the Files app. (Note. Safari Downloads will subsequently be found in the Downloads folder of iCloud Drive in the Files app, assuming the default settings for such downloads have not been changed.)

What to do when you have downloaded a Guide on an iPad/iPhone

Guides can be read from within the Files app, or opened in the Books app and read from there.  The steps for doing this are shown below.

(Note. If you have an older version of iOS on the iPad/iPhone, you may not see to same options.  The steps at the bottom of this page show how to open the downloaded guide in iBooks/Books for those of you on an older version of iOS.)

Of course, to be able to read the iTandCoffee guides in Books, you must first (of course) have the Books app on your iPad/iPhone. If it is not there, you can download and install it from the App Store.   If you prefer to use the Kindle app for reading, the iTandCoffee Guides can be read using that app instead.

Step by step instructions for downloading and viewing Purchased iTandCoffee Content 
(iOS 13 & iPadOS 13.  See later for instructions for previous operating systems.)

1. Tap the link on screen or in the email
2. Safari will open, and show a symbol at top right indicating that the download is in progress.
3. Tap on symbol to see progress of download.
4. When download is finished, tap the magnifying glass symbol to view the downloaded document. (It will have downloaded into your Files app, into the location defined in Settings -> Safari -> Downloads.)
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5. You can access the downloaded file by tapping on it in the Downloads area of Safari, or by finding it in the Files app (icon shown here), scrolling up and down to move through the pages. 

6. A video will simply open and play.

6. If you have downloaded a PDF of a guide and want to open it in the Books app, follow the steps below.
6. Open and read the guide in Books, choose the Share symbol.
7. If you do not see the Books icon in the list of icons provided, choose the ... More option.
8. Tap Open in Books. 
Note. The above steps will open the PDF in Books, but will not copy the PDF into your Books library. This means that, each time you want to read the guide, you will need to access it from Files and (once again) Open in Books. If you don't see a Copy to Books option in the ... More menu, you will have to create a Shortcut for this and add it to your Share menu. Here is an article that gives instructions for creating such a shortcut.

Step by step instructions - older versions of iOS

A downloaded video should simply open in Safari after download, allowing you to play it. For a PDF guide, follow the below instructions to open the guide in iBooks.
1.  On your iPad, touch on a document link on the web page or in the email that you received.

2.  The document will open in Safari.  Be patient - it will take a little while for it to download and appear.

3.  When the download is finished the title page for the document will appear on the screen.
4.  When you see the document appear on your screen, touch on Open in 'iBooks' at the top right of the page.   If you don't see this option, just touch on the screen to make it appear.  

(If it still doesn't appear, you may not have iBooks on your iPad - visit the App Store to download this free Apple app.)
5.  iBooks will open, showing the book that you have just downloaded.

6. Swipe left and right to move through the pages of the book. 

7.  Touch on Library at top left to view all the PDFs that you have downloaded.  If you don't see the Library option, touch the screen to make it appear.

8.  All PDFs that you download will go into the PDF collection - you can then move them to a new collection if you desire.