Authorize your Mac to get purchases from the Book Store, Audiobook Store, or Audible website
If you purchase books or audiobooks from the Book Store or Audiobook Store on other devices, you can see those purchases on your Mac by authorizing your computer. You can authorize up to five computers and up to ten iOS devices and iPadOS devices to use with your Apple Account.
You can also authorize your Mac to play audiobooks downloaded from the Audible website (audible.com).
Authorize your Mac
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Sign in to the same Apple Account you use on your other devices.
In the menu bar, choose Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer.
Your Mac is now authorized for the Book Store and Audiobook Store.
Deauthorize your Mac
Be sure to deauthorize your Mac before you sell it, give it away, send it in for service, or make major hardware upgrades.
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Choose Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize This Computer.
To learn how to see your authorized computers, deauthorize a computer no longer in your possession, and more, see the Apple Support article Authorize or deauthorize your computer for Apple Account purchases.
Authorize your Mac to play audiobooks purchased on audible.com
Audible is a third-party website that sells audiobooks and other spoken programs. Before you can listen to an audiobook that you download from the Audible website, your Mac needs to be authorized on audible.com.
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Import the Audible file you downloaded (or double-click the file in the Finder).
Click Yes in the dialog that appears.
Sign in to audible.com if necessary, then follow the onscreen instructions.
You can authorize up to three computers to play purchases from the Audible website.
Deauthorize your Mac on audible.com
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Choose Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize Audible Account, then follow the onscreen instructions.
You can also deauthorize your Mac on audible.com by signing in to your Audible account, then following the onscreen instructions.