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Audiobooks not showing up in Catalina Finder Window for iPod Classic

Since upgrading to macOS Catalina on my 2019 iMac, I have noticed that any audiobook file I have added to the computer, shows up perfectly well in the normal Finder window, but does not show up in the audiobooks tab of the Finder iPod window for my Ipod Classic.


I cannot figure out how to add these audiobooks to my iPod. They are mostly files I have converted to m4b files using Audiobook Builder. All the similar files I already had in iTunes in Mojave show up in the iPod Finder window, but do not show up if they were added in Catalina.


Any ideas?

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 9:12 AM

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User profile for user: turingtest2
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Posted on Apr 28, 2020 11:18 AM

You need to add them to Books. Music in Catalina doesn't manage audiobooks. Where they are physically located isn't important, Finder is looking at the Books library for audiobooks, Podcasts for podcasts, Music for music, and TV for video content.


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