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Audiobooks not syncing via iCloud

I'm pretty sure this used to work, but at some point my audiobooks (not bought through Apple) stopped syncing between devices via iCloud. All devices have iCloud drive enabled and iCloud enabled for Books. I can verify that because my PDFs do sync via iCloud. It's only audiobooks (like from Audible) that will not sync via iCloud. If I turn it off, the PDFs disappear.


I have two computers running macOS 12.6 and one iPhone with iOS 16 (although this didn't work in iOS 15).

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Sep 13, 2022 9:13 AM

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Posted on Sep 13, 2022 6:36 PM

picas wrote:

Audiobooks have never synced via iCloud. You need to download them yourself on each individual device.


If that's the case, why do they have a support article about it? See your books and audiobooks on all your devices with Books on Mac - Apple Support


See books, audiobooks, and PDFs you added to Books

* On your Mac: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID , then click iCloud. Next to iCloud Drive (make sure it’s selected), click Options, then select Books.
* On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud (or Settings > iCloud), turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books. Next, go to Settings > Books, then turn on iCloud Drive.


But it's not working for me.


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User profile for user: The Shockwave
The Shockwave Author
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Sep 13, 2022 6:36 PM in response to picas

picas wrote:

Audiobooks have never synced via iCloud. You need to download them yourself on each individual device.


If that's the case, why do they have a support article about it? See your books and audiobooks on all your devices with Books on Mac - Apple Support


See books, audiobooks, and PDFs you added to Books

* On your Mac: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID , then click iCloud. Next to iCloud Drive (make sure it’s selected), click Options, then select Books.
* On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud (or Settings > iCloud), turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books. Next, go to Settings > Books, then turn on iCloud Drive.


But it's not working for me.


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Audiobooks not syncing via iCloud

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