How to Listen to Audible Books on iTunes for Windows and Mac

Updated by Adam Gorden on Sep 1, 2022 5:00 PM.
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In 2022, the Audible app for Windows 2022 has been discontinued and iTunes for Windows App can be an alternative to listen to Audible Books there. For Mac, if the Audible app is problematic, the process is similar to listen to Audible books on Apple Books instead.

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This article will introduce detailed instruction for how to listen to Audible books on Windows and Mac. Besides, it's convenient to add Audible books to iTunes and Apple Books on desktop.

Part 1. How to Listen to Audible Books on iTunes (Windows)
Part 2. How to Listen to Audible Books in Apple Books (Mac)
Part 3. How to Add Audible Books to iTunes/Apple Books (Windows/Mac)

Part 1. How to Listen to Audible Books on iTunes (Windows)

Before pick up Windows or Mac computer for how to listen to Audible books on iTunes or Apple Books, Audible will ask for an authorization with an accessible Audible account to the computer.

Follow these steps to connect the Audible account to Windows or Mac computer and listen to Audible books on iTunes or in Apple Books.

For Windows to Connect Your Audible Account to iTunes

Note: Since the Audible app for Windows 10 has been discontinued, most windows users opt to download accessible audiobooks from audible.com with the following steps.

1. Use a browser to open audible.com.

Note: If the Audible account hasn't been signed in to audible.com, click on the Sign In button and sign in with account information.

aign in button on Audible's web

2. Go to Library on the audible.com.

Library button on Audible's web

3. Click the Download button next to an audiobook's title.

4. After the file downloads, see a message pops up: "authorize your computer" and click OK to confirm.

Tips: If this step fails, see how to authorize Audible account on iTunes.

5. Enter the Audible sign-in information again to continue authorization with the Windows computer.

Pro Tips: For Windows to Authorize Audible Account on iTunes

1. On Windows, open iTunes for Windows PC.

2. Click on Account in the menu bar to open options menu.

3. Select Authorizations and then Authorize This Computer.

Authorizations options in iTunes

4. In the Authorize This Computer window, enter Apple ID and password to confirm authorization.

For Windows to Listen to Audible books on iTunes

Note: These steps are for iTunes version older than 12.2. Or for starters check if there's an available latest iTunes version for better performance.

1. On iTunes for Windows PC, see the Music section and switch it to Audiobooks.

swicth Music to Audibooks in iTunes

Make sure the authorization is successful either on the pop-up notification window on audible.com or on iTunes.

Audiobooks section in iTunes

2. Under Books, see the downloaded titles from audible.com.

3. Double-click the downloaded title or right-click it to listen to offline on iTunes.

If iTunes ask for sign in information to confirm, enter it to continue.

Part 2. How to Listen to Audible Books in Apple Books (Mac)

Since there's no iTunes on Mac computer but the Apple Books app for managing Audible books, these steps to authorize Audible account on Apple Books app.

For Mac to Connect Your Audible Account to Apple Books

These steps for mac to connect the Audible account are similar to on Windows.

1. Still, go to audible.com.

On Audible's website, make sure to sign in to the Audible account to continue.

2. Go to Library.

3. Select an audiobook and control-click on the Download next to it to start downloading.

Tips: If this is the first time downloading an audiobook from Audible to Mac, it will prompt to authorize the Audible account.

4. In the pop-up message: "authorize your computer", click Yes.

Tips: If there's no pop-up message, scroll down to check out the Pro Tips for Mac to authorize Audible account in Apple Books.

5. Enter the Audible sign-in information to confirm authorization with the Mac computer.

6. On Audible, click the blue link: "Click here to complete your activation."

Pro Tips: For Mac to Authorize Audible Account in Apple Books

Note: These steps are for MacOS Catalina. Or for starters as a precaution, we recommend downloading the entire Audible library for a backup before upgrading to MacOS Catalina.

1. On MacOS Catalina, open the Apple Books app.

2. In the menu bar, click on Store.

3. Choose Authorizations then Authorize This Computer.

4. In the pop-up message: "authorize this computer", click Yes to confirm.

5. Enter the Audible sign-in information.

6. Click the Active in Apple Books button.

For Mac to Listen to Audible Books in Apple Books

1. Once the download completes, click on the filefile on the download page in the browser.

In the Apple Books app, the downloaded Audible audiobook will appear in the Audiobooks section in the side menu.

Audibooks section in Apple Books

2. In the side menu, control-click on the Audiobooks and browse the Audible audiobooks here for streaming.

Part 3. How to Add Audible Books to iTunes/Apple Books (Windows/Mac)

There's another method to listen to Audible books on iTunes or Apple Books, even without authorization - add Audible books.

There's must be a downloaded Audible book file or folder on the computer, following these steps to add Audible books to listen to offline on iTunes or Apple Books can be exciting, but as a precaution, we recommend to converting the downloaded files in to a common-used formats - MP3.

Note the downloaded Audible books are in AA/AAX formats, which prevent further use across devices. Don't despair! In addition to useful instructions to listen to Audible books on Windows or Mac using iTunes or Apple Books, exclusives here also included a powerful tool - ViWizard Audible AA/AAX Converter.

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Before continuing with these steps to convert Audible books to MP3, download either Windows version or Mac version of ViWizard Audible Converter to the desktop.

For Windows to Convert Audible AA/AAX Files into MP3

The steps to convert AA/AAX files into MP3 are similar on Windows and Mac, here we'll use ViWizard Audible AA/AAX Converter for Windows as an example to convert AA/AAX files into MP3.

Step 1Add Audible AA/AAX Files

add audible audiobooks

Launch the ViWizard Audible AA/AAX Converter for Windows. Click on the Add Files button at the top to browser to the location where the downloaded AA/AAX files are stored under. Select files to add to ViWizard to continue.

Step 2Choose MP3 as the Output Format

choose output format

Click the Format bar at the bottom to open the settings window. In the Format Setting window, see and click on the Output format and choose MP3 and more. Click on the OK button to save this change.

Step 3Convert Audible AA/AAX Files

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Click the Convert button to start converting. Once the conversion completes, click on the Converted menu button to browse to all the converted files in the output format.

Step 4Add Converted Audible MP3 Files to iTunes

Now there's a converted collection of MP3 on Windows with ViWizard Audible Converter. Follow these steps to add Audible books to iTunes.

add Audible audiobooks to iTunes

1. On Windows, open the iTunes app.

2. In the menu bar, click on File and then Add File to Library or Add Folder to Library.

3. Based on the option, navigate to the location to select a converted file or folder.

4. Click Open to a file or folder to add to iTunes.

Now the converted Audible files are added to iTunes and available to stream on it.

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