You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

📰 Newsroom Update

Billie Eilish is Apple Music’s Artist of the Year for 2024. Learn more >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

martyrpc Author

Level 1

15 points

Copying audiobook to iMac from iPhone XS

I have an audiobook on my iPhone - I cannot seem to access it on my new iMac - it appears in my iTunes library, but says it cannot locate the original file when I try to play it

iPhone XS

Posted on Aug 31, 2019 3:01 PM

Top-ranking reply

sberman

Level 10

268,263 points

Posted on Aug 31, 2019 4:14 PM

Was the audiobook purchased in the iTunes Store?

Yes. Redownload it to the iMac. Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books - Apple Support
No. Such items cannot be transferred from an iOS device to a Mac.

View in context

Copying audiobook to iMac from iPhone XS

Similar questions