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Offload finished books automatically

A book played to the end moves to your iCloud Drive by itself and frees up space on the device. While the switch is off, the app asks after a finished book — unless you have already answered “Keep” for this book or chosen “Stop offering”. A book that already has a copy in iCloud is removed by the rule when “Offload finished books” is on in “Auto cleanup”, and there is no question about it.

What happens

  • The book has played to the end — its files are copied to the Akoue folder in iCloud Drive. They are deleted from the device only once iCloud has confirmed the copy.
  • The book stays in the library with its progress, bookmarks and edits, marked “In iCloud”.
  • Instead of the question, the player shows the “Book finished” sheet with the line “Offloading the book to iCloud ‧ … will be freed” and the “Ask next time” button.
  • The next book started right away — a series volume or a book of a universe: the finished one leaves the moment playback moves on. While the switch is off, the question about it comes when you pause it yourself, open the player or return to the app; a pause caused by the sleep timer, a call or disconnected headphones does not bring it up. If several books played in a row, you are asked about each of them, one at a time. If you are not signed in to iCloud or the book is still moving, the question waits and comes once that has passed.
  • To get the files back — “Download” in the book’s menu. Or just play it: a missing chapter downloads before the sound starts.

When the book does not move

  • The book was marked finished by the “Count as finished from” threshold or from the menu, but did not play to the end.
  • The book is under 50 MB, kept with “Keep on device” or added as a link to a folder.
  • You are not signed in to iCloud or iCloud Drive is off — the sheet will say so.
  • “Offload only over Wi‑Fi” is on and the phone is on cellular: the book joins the “Waiting to offload” queue and will move by itself.

Not to be confused

This is not a backup and not sync: the book’s files are not duplicated but move to iCloud Drive, and space is freed only on this device.

Pro

Offloading is part of Akoue Pro: without it the row is locked and opens the Pro overview. Books already offloaded come back to the device without Pro too.

What it looks like

The “Book finished” sheet: “Offload the book to iCloud and free 2.6 MB?”, the Offload and Keep buttons and “Offload finished books automatically” below them — Off: a question after each book. “Offload finished books automatically” offloads this one and turns the setting on
Off: a question after each book. “Offload finished books automatically” offloads this one and turns the setting on
The “Book finished” sheet: “Offloading the book to iCloud · 2.6 MB will be freed” and “Ask next time” — On: the book leaves by itself; “Ask next time” brings the question back
On: the book leaves by itself; “Ask next time” brings the question back

Tip

Want to listen to a book again? Keep it with “Keep on device” in its menu: it won’t move either after you finish it or by the auto cleanup rules.

Related

Guide: Storage and spaceGuide: Settings

Added in Akoue 1.0