As the rapid development of science and technology, the pace of life becomes faster for everyone. Compared with reading with eyes, most people want to read with their ears so that they can drive, swim or do more other activities. So audiobooks come out. And the audiobooks from Audible.com solve problems of many people. But how can you download Audible books on your PC/Mac? In this post, you will find the best answer.
On Windows computer, use Audible Download Manager or Audible Win 10 app.
On Mac, directly download and use iTunes to import audible audio files please.
Preparation: How to buy audible books
The Audible.com has millions of audiobooks. As one of the biggest audiobooks market, you can find lots of audiobooks to listen. The rich contents are easy to meet your requirements. Now follow with our steps to know how to download audible books to PC or how to download audible books to Mac.
Amazon.com: audible app for mac. Skip to main content. Try Prime All Go Search EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime. This wikiHow teaches you how to get Audible credits on a PC or Mac. Audible credits are good for one free audiobook from Audible, regardless of price. You get one credit each month with an Audible Gold membership and two credits each month with an Audible Platinum membership.
Whether you have a mac or a PC, you can access to the Audible site to sign in and purchase the Audible books. The Audible.com is owned by Amazon. So it's very convenient for you to log in with an Amazon account. Then your Kindle device will be connected with audible.com. Also, you can create a new audible account to sign in. It's up to you. Even though you sign in with a new audible account, you can connect your Amazon account to Audible.
You will find the 'Browse Audible' option in site navigation. Choose one audible audiobook from your favorite classification. Or you can select a free audible book for your first try. You can also have a look at this article which introduces how to get free audible books.
In your shopping cart, you can find the audible books you added. There are many free audiobooks in Audible.com. You can save your penny on those free Audible books. For a none-free audiobook, you must have a credit card to buy for it.
Click 'Next Step'. Then click 'Complete Purchase'. You can listen and download so long as you complete your purchase.
Important part: Download Audible books to PC/Mac (Video Tutorial)
Step 1: Download audible files from site (.adh)
In the navigation of the Audible site, place the mouse over the 'My Library' option and click 'My Books'. Then you can find all Audible audiobooks you bought. Choose the format of audiobooks (Format 4 is best for a mp3 player) and click 'DOWNLOAD“ option.
You will get a file named ”admhelper.adh“. The file you download from the Audible site is always named ”admhelper.adh“. You can also choose your favorite audiobooks to deliver to your associated applications.
Note: Audible Manager doesn’t provide macOS version. On your mac, when you click the 'DOWNLOAD“ option, you will get a complete audible audiobook file (AA/AAX format, not the .adh).
They are saved in the Audiobooks section of iTunes. So there is no need to continue the step 2.
Step 2: Use Audible Downloader Manager to download files (.aa/.aax)
Download Audible Download Manager from Audible official site please.
This application is must-have if you want to download Audible books to your PC. After you install it, you can open the downloaded file 'admhelper.adh'.
Audible Download Manager will automatically import the .adh file to download the real AA/AAX audiobooks. You can click the 'Downloads folder' option to open the stored folder.
Optional: Use Audible app for windows 10 (or 8.1)
If the computer OS you are using was Windows 10 (most users are using this system), you even don't have to download audible adh file online from official site and installing the audible download manager. All you need is an audible windows 10 app.
Open audible app on your computer, click the audio books cover to download them. Downloaded audio files will be saved here: C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalPackagesAudibleInc.AudibleforWindowsPhone_...LocalStateContent
Q: Can't download my audible book to my pc. When I go to my library and click the download button, it just links me to a part of the site listing audible apps, instead of prompting a download.
A: If what you used is Win 10 or 8.1, please use audible app but not the audible download manager.
If what you used is win 7, by default you won't meet this problem. But if you met, maybe it is because you are using the old ADM software, you need to update it by going to www.audible.com/sw
Scroll at the very bottom and look for Install Audible Manager
Then complete the installation process.
If still not resolved, I think you should contact audible support center (social-support@audible.com). It seems to be some glitch with certain accounts, if you reported your problem they will help you reset something in your account (updated the download settings).
Another new solution (update) here is that, if you had 2 computers (and different system OS), for example, you had another Mac computer or Linux, you can try to download your audible books on that machine.
Q: Is it possible to download Audible books on android or iphone, and then transfer audible files to computer?
By default, you can transfer your audible files from android/iphone to computer only if you can find them. But please keep this in mind that the newly downloaded audible audio books will be aaxc format (not the aax).
The left is to choose an audible player on your computer to listen to your audio books. Here I highly recommend you also have a good look at that article because it will also tell you how do I download audible books to iTunes.
Friendly tips: Download audible to MP3
Yes there are many players that we can use to play audible audiobooks, but not all devices. Why? In fact audible audiobooks are always bundled with audible its own app (audible app or audible download manager or specified devices ), and they are saved in aa and aax format. But you know the more pupular audio format (or music format) is MP3. If we could download audible files to mp3 format, we can play audible on any devices without any limitation. Here we will meet Epubor Audible Converter tool, which can not only remove DRM from audible but also convert audible to mp3 easily.
Open this tool, you just need to add the aa or aax format audible books (you've downloaded to your computer) to remove DRM, then choose MP3 as output format.
Now you can play audible on mp3 player. Happy Listening.
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I’m a big fan of Audible and have been it for over 3 years now. While I use the app on my phone while I commute to work, I use my Apple Watch to play audio books while brisk walking in the park. And of course, my iPad on the bedside table while I’m trying to fall asleep. However, there are times, when I feel the need to listen to an Audiobook while working on my MacBook.
Unfortunately, Audible has not provided a macOS app on the store and to make it even worse there is not even an official Audible app for Mac like you get in Windows. But fret not, you can still listen to Audible on Mac – either by using the official integration with iTunes or by sideloading the Audible Android app on your Mac. Here is a step by step guide on how to listen to Audible on Mac. Let’s begin.
Read: Use Secret Silver Subscription Plan to Save Money on Audible
How to Listen to Audible on Mac
1. Use the Cloud Player
Now, this one may be obvious but it’s worth mentioning. Audible lets you stream your books online using the service called Audible Cloud Player. To use the Cloud Player, go to your Audible website from the desktop and log in. Next, go to your library and click the Play button next to the title.
Pros
- Add bookmarks, change playback speed, jump chapters
- Works on every platform
Cons
- No offline support
- Often jerky audio with spotty Internet
2. Use iTunes
Audible App For Mac Desktop
The official way to listen to Audible on Mac is via iTunes.
Go to your Library page on the Audible desktop site. Click the Download to the right next to the audiobook you’ll like to download.
Once the download is complete, click on the download file.
A new pop-up box will open asking you to “authorize your computer“. Click Yes
Next, it’ll open a new tab on your browser and ask you to enter your Audible sign-in credentials. Do it.
And that’s it, once you authorized it, you’ll see a message Click here to complete your activation. Click on that.
This will open the iTunes app on your Mac. To find your audiobook go to the Audiobooks section of iTunes from the top left and then go to Library. There you’ll see your Audiobook there. You can tap on the small picture in picture icon on the book cover to expand it in new windows.
There is no option to jump to the next chapter from the iTunes app. However, you can find those options from the Chapter in the menu bar.
Pros
- Basic controls playback and volume control.
- It also remembers where I was listening to last time.
- Jump to the next chapter from the menu bar.
Cons
- UI is not ideal for audiobooks.
- you can’t fast forward or change the playback speed,
- you can’t bookmark.
- it doesn’t sync properly with the phone
3. Use Android Emulator
There are many Android emulators for Mac, however, we’ll recommend going with Nox. Although, far from perfect, it gets the job done. And hey it’s free. Go to Nox official website and click on the download button. The file is for 384 MB so shouldn’t take much time to download.
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Once downloaded, launch the .dmg file and install it on your Mac, just like you install any other Mac app. For this instance, I installed Nox Player on MacBook Air 2013 and surprisingly it worked fine. Drag the Nox App Player icon into the Applications folder.
Give all the necessary permissions to the app and get started. You might also have to restart Nox Player app several times or even restart your Macbook. For some strange reason, it worked for me after a restart, and ever since then, the app is working flawlessly.
Read: 5 Ways to Run Android Apps on Mac
Nox Player looks like a regular Android tablet, with a couple of shortcuts like Back, Home, and Recent apps buttons on the left. To install apps use Google Play Store like you do on your Android smartphone or you can download the apk file from the web browser inside Nox. On the home screen of Nox Player, you should see a Browser, click on it and go to Google and search for Audible android apk. Alternatively, you can copy paste this link.
Fortunately, you don’t have to make any changes in the Settings. Install apk like you have to do in Android smartphone. Once the apk file is downloaded simply click on the file and you are ready to install it.
Read all the permissions and click on Next. The good thing about Nox is, you can also change you geo-location by clicking on the second GPS option on the top left menu bar. This will help you install audiobook not available in your country. You can also go to the general settings menu to specify how much memory you want the program to use.
Read: How to bypass Audible geographical restrictions?
And that’s it. You have successfully installed the Audible smartphone app on your Mac. Since it’s optimized for a phone screen, it will switch to a vertical view. Log in to your Amazon account and you should all your purchased audiobooks under library section because the UI is intuitive and you get all the options like playback speed control, sleep timer, switch to chapters easily.
Pros
- Browser Audible channels on Mac
- Powerful controls like change playback speed
- remember last listen time
Audible Player For Mac
Cons
- Take time to start
- Use significant system resources
- Take some time to setup
Read: How to Cancel Audible Subscription on App
How to Listen to Audible on Mac?
So, these were some of my favorite methods to listen to Audible while I’m working on my Mac. Alternatively, you can convert the Audible aax file to mp3 using apps like OpenAudible while listening to it with your favorite music player. The app is free and also open source and available for all platform. This is usually helpful when you have an older iPad with no Audible app. The setup is easy, once installed simply import the aax file and conversion process with a start when you click on the Audiobook.
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