Download purchased and updated books or audiobooks in Books on Mac
If you purchased books or audiobooks from the Book Store or Audiobook Store on other devices, you can download and see those purchases on your Mac. You can also download books and audiobooks purchased by family members (if you use Family Sharing) and get updates.
Note: Hidden books or audiobooks don’t appear and can’t be downloaded.
Download books and audiobooks you purchased on other devices
You must be signed in to the same Apple Account you used to buy or download the books.
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click All (or another collection) in the sidebar.
Double-click a book or audiobook that has the iCloud status icon
below it to download and open it.
Tip: You can have books you purchase on other devices download automatically to your Mac. In the Books app on your Mac, choose Books > Settings, click General, then select “Download new purchases automatically”.
Download books and audiobooks purchased by family members
You must be signed in to the same Apple Account you use for Family Sharing.
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click your name in the lower-left corner.
Below Family Purchases, click a family member’s name.
Click Books or Audiobooks, then click All Books, Recent Purchases or a genre.
Click the title of a book or audiobook to download it.
Download book or audiobook updates
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click your name in the lower-left corner.
Click Updates, then click an update or click Update All.
Download audiobooks purchased on audible.com
Audible is a third-party website that sells audiobooks and other spoken programs.
You can download items that you purchase from Audible to Books, and listen to them on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Note: Before you can listen to an audiobook from the Audible website, your computer needs to be authorised on audible.com.
Sign into audible.com.
Find the audiobook you want to add to your Books library, then click Download.
Open the Downloads folder, locate the audiobook, then do any of the following:
Double-click the audiobook.
Drag the audiobook to the Books app window.
In the Books app
, choose File > Import, go to the Downloads folder, select the audiobook, then click Import.
Change your settings for downloads and purchases
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click Media & Purchases, then choose options using the Free Downloads and Purchases and In-App Purchases pop-up menus.
See Manage media and purchases settings for your Apple Account.
If you use iCloud for Books, any books, audiobooks or PDFs that you import on another device automatically appear on your Mac.