On your computer
Vox converts your Audible books into one folder you choose: on this Mac, an external drive or a NAS. There are no accounts besides Audible and nothing to pay.
You listen on this Mac for now. The phone app comes later.
What you need
| What | Notes |
|---|---|
| Vox on your Mac | Install Vox first. |
| Room for your books | About 58 MB for each hour of audio, so a 10 hour book is about 580 MB. |
| Your Audible sign-in | Optional. Without it, Vox converts files you already have. |
Set up
The setup window lists its steps on the left. This guide follows them in order.
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Choose a setup
Choose On your computer, then click Continue.
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Folder
Converted books go into one folder. Click Choose… and pick it. It can be on this Mac, an external drive or a NAS. Keep a drive or NAS connected while Vox works.
Tick Keep the Audible originals too only if you want them. They take about the same space again.
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Connect Audible
Vox lists the books you have bought. You sign in on Amazon's own page, so Vox never sees your password.
- Choose your Audible store and click Continue in browser.
- Sign in on the Amazon page that opens in your browser.
- Amazon's last page may show an error. That is expected. Copy the full address from the address bar.
- Paste it into Paste the address here and click Connect. The sign-in expires in 15 minutes.
No Audible account? Click I don't use Audible. After setup, choose Convert a file in the Vox Liberata window's toolbar, or drop an AAX or AAXC file on the window.
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Choose your first books
Vox checks your Audible purchases. Tick a book or two and click Convert. Vox downloads each one and converts it into your folder.
Books start one at a time, with a 3 minute pause between them and at most 20 a day. You can change both in Settings › Behaviour. Click Continue while they run; Vox keeps working in the menu bar. Skip for now moves on without converting any.
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Done
Two switches decide what happens next:
- Convert new Audible purchases: books you buy later are converted without asking.
- Open Vox Liberata at login: keeps the menu bar item running.
Click Open Vox Liberata. The Vox Liberata window opens at your Audible purchases, where you can convert more.
Listen
Each converted book is an M4B audiobook file in your folder. In the Vox Liberata window, select a book and click Show in Finder. Open the file in Apple Books or any audiobook player.
Afterwards
The menu bar
Vox lives in the menu bar, with the V mark. It keeps converting with its windows closed. Click it for status, the queue, Check Audible now, Convert a file…, Pause work and Settings….
Keep a backup
In Settings › Storage, under Backup, turn on Keep a backup. Under Back up to, choose A folder on this Mac or A folder on a NAS, then click Choose….
Move to a Cloud Library
In Settings › Storage, under Where books live, choose Cloud Library, then Continue…. Vox opens setup at the Cloud Library steps. Books you already have are not moved or deleted. Then follow Cloud Library from Library backend.