How Do I Move My Audio Books From Books And Back To iTunes? I Need To For My iPod Classic

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How Do I Move My Audio Books From Books And Back To iTunes? I Need To For My iPod Classic

I downloaded catalina and the audiobooks that were in my iTunes library moved themselves to the Books app. I have an iPod Classic so I need those audiobooks back onto itunes so I can listen to them. I tried dragging them out of Books onto my desktop and than drag them back onto iTunes but they became .m4b files and wouldn't go back into my iTunes library. How can I transfer them back to iTunes or atleast convert the .m4b files back to .mp3 so I can reupload them?

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 31, 2020 1:49 PM

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Barney-15E

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May 31, 2020 4:41 PM in response to BizarreHarlequin

iTunes doesn't exist in Catalina and Music doesn't manage audio books.

Does the iPod Classic not appear in the Finder when you connect it? That is how you transfer things in Catalina. But, I don't know what devices are supported.

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Barney-15E

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Jun 1, 2020 11:23 AM in response to BizarreHarlequin

Well, yes, the Music app does show what is on your iDevice, but it doesn't sync, and it doesn't do anything but music.

If you click on Sync Settings… it will take you to the Finder.

Everything that was jammed into iTunes has been split out into individual apps.

Music is now just music. Podcasts are in Podcasts.

Books now has a section for Audiobooks.

All syncing is done in the Finder.

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Barney-15E

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Jun 1, 2020 4:42 AM in response to BizarreHarlequin

But it definitely still exists.

Not on Catalina. If you still have an iTunes app while running Catalina, something is wrong and likely the cause of your problems.

In Catalina, all synching is done through the Finder.

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Answer 4

May 31, 2020 11:02 PM in response to Barney-15E

It doesn’t exist? I know all the online stuff swapped to ‘Music’ but I still have my iTunes library, I still have all the music and videos in my iTunes library that I bought via the Apple store and by burning my CDs to mp3s? And I still use iTunes to transfer my songs to my iPod Classic as per normal.

Maybe the online version doesn’t exist anymore??? But it definitely still exists.

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Answer 5

Jun 1, 2020 6:48 AM in response to Barney-15E

My mistake, it IS the music up but I still do everything on the app, like before with my ipod. I still upload music onto it and sync it via the app. The only thing different is the audio books are gone

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How Do I Move My Audio Books From Books And Back To iTunes? I Need To For My iPod Classic

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