The advent of audiobooks has made it possible for people to read books in a more convenient way. And Audible, the largest producer and seller of audiobooks, has attracted a growing number of people. Users can purchase and download Audible audiobooks to their devices for offline listening. And some users are wondering: Can I download Audible books to my Mac?
Fortunately, the answer is yes. Read on to learn three ways to download Audible books to Mac. You'll also learn how to convert Audible audiobooks to MP3. In that way, you can listen to the converted Audible books anywhere.
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Part 1. How to Buy and Download Audible Books to Mac from Audible Website
You can choose and purchase millions of audiobooks from Audible.com. Once purchased, you can download them to your Mac for offline listening. Here is a detailed tutorial on how to buy and download audiobooks from Audible to Mac.
1.1 How to Buy Audible Books
Step 1. Open any web browser on your Mac and go to Audible.com.
Step 2. Sign in with your email and password. If you haven't had an account, you can create a new one or get Audible's free trial.
Step 3. Click on the 'Browse' option and then choose the book you want to download.
Step 4. Click on the title of the book and then click 'Add to cart'.
Step 5. Go to your shopping cart and you can find the book you added. Click 'Proceed to Checkout'.
Step 6. Choose your payment method and then click 'Complete purchase'.
1.2 How to Download Purchased Audible Books to Mac
Step 1. Navigate to Audible.com and then click the 'Library' option at the top.
Step 2. In the 'Titles' tab, you can find your purchased Audible books.
Step 3. Find and click on the title of the book. Click the 'Download' button to download audiobooks from Audible.
Step 4. You can choose a folder to store the downloaded AAX Audible books.
1.3 How to Download Audible Books to iTunes Mac
Step 1. After downloading Audible books, you can open iTunes and click 'Account' > 'Authorizations' > 'Authorize This Computer'.
Step 2. Click on the 'Yes' button in the pop-up message. Then authorize your computer.
Step 3. Enter your Audible account and click 'Active in iTunes'.
Step 4. Click 'Audiobooks' to find and listen to your downloaded audiobooks.
Part 2. How to Download Audible Books to MP3 on Mac
It's convenient to purchase and download Audible books to Mac. However, the downloaded audiobooks are encrypted in AAX format. This prevents users to listen to these audiobooks on other unauthorized audio players. So, it's impossible to listen to your favorite Audible books on any MP3 player or other devices.
But don't worry, you can use AudFree Audio Converter to convert Audible books to MP3 on Mac. It's a professional tool to download and convert Audible AA/AAX to MP3, FLAC, AAC, and more popular formats. This AudFree Audible Converter will keep the original sound quality and work at a 30X speed. You can use it to get lossless Audible books and play them on any device you want.
Key Features of AudFree Audible Converter

- Batch convert Audible books to MP3 on Mac at a speed of X30
- Split Audible audiobooks by chapters, by time, or by your desire
- Download Audible books for offline listening on any device
- Keep 100% lossless quality, support multiple audio formats
- Step 1Import AA/AAX Audible audiobooks
- There are two ways to import the AA/AAX audiobooks to AudFree Auditior. Just drag and drop the files you want to download into AudFree Audio Converter's interface. Alternatively, you can click on the 'Add' button to import Audible books.
- Step 2Customize output format for Mac
- Click on the 'format' tab to open and customize the output parmeters. You can choose the output format as MP3 because it's the most popular format. You can also proceed to personalize other parameters.
- Step 3Convert and download Audible books to Mac
- Click the 'Convert' button and AudFree Auditior will start to convert Audible AAX to MP3. Once converted, you can locate the converted audiobooks from the 'History' folder. You can transfer them to any device for playback without restrictions.
Part 3. How to Download Audible Books on Mac for Free
In this section, we will show you an alternative way to download Audible books to Mac for free. OpenAudible is another Audible downloader that enables you to convert Audible books to MP3s. It's free to use but it can't keep the original audio quality. Below is how you can use OpenAudible to download Audible on Mac.
Step 1. Download and install the OpenAudible software on your Mac computer.
Step 2. Open this converter and click 'Controls' > 'Connect to Audible' to log in to your Audible account.
Step 3. Then you can choose the Audible books that you want to download.
Step 4. Choose the output audio format and then click 'OK'.
Step 5. After conversion, you can listen to Audible offline on your Mac.
Part 4. Final Thoughts
You are now well equipped on how to download Audible books to Mac. The best part is that you can use AudFree Audio Converter to convert Audible books to MP3. In this way, you can listen to Audible books offline and save them on your Mac forever. Moreover, you can transfer the MP3 Audible audio files to other devices for playback.

Ivan Scott
Staff Editor