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The original was posted on /r/piracy by /u/Nice_Departure3051 on 2026-01-12 07:45:35+00:00.
just sharing a quick step-by-step guide on what worked for me at the time of writing (jan 2026) to download audiobooks from mac onto iphone.
this step-by-step guide is for beginners, and is drawing from some comments on other threads from the excellent folks here.
please note - this is just what worked for me. this guide/thread is not officially affiliated with the sub or mods in any way.
also, please don’t ask me any troubleshooting questions; i won’t be able to answer them. although i’ve been torrenting since the good old days of limewire, i’m no pirate on the high seas… more of a ‘commandeering a child’s inflatable in waist-high waters’ kinda girl.
without further ado…
- on your iphone, go to the app store and download ‘bookplayer’. it has a purple and white logo.
- if you don’t already have a bit-torrent client on your mac, download one via your browser (i like ‘utorrent’ - very simple installation/set-up).
- on your browser, go to ‘audiobookbay’. you will need to create an account on the site - i selected ‘torrent download’ account [idk what the others do/are - this is just what i did based on familiarity and vibes]. this takes less than 30 seconds, and just asks for email address, then create a username and password.
- once logged in, search for your desired audiobook, and click on the title of the one you want to download.
- underneath the synopsis etc, there is a table with the technical details. scroll down in this table, where you will find a link called ‘torrent free download’. [do not click on ‘direct download’ - this opens up some sketchy third-party thing. just ‘torrent free download’ link.]
- click on this, and the torrent file will begin to download.
- once downloaded, open the torrent file - this will automatically launch your bit-torrent client (or at least, utorrent does).
- you’ll get a dialogue box which allows you to select and deselect what you want to download, and the download destination (default is your ‘downloads’ folder on your mac). beginners - just leave everything as is and start the download.
- check the progress of the torrent download by navigating to the ‘torrents’ section on the sidebar. make yourself a nice cup of tea while it downloads.
- once that’s done, enable airdrop on your iphone and your mac (note: if you’ve been using a VPN, disable this for a sec - this issue got me stuck for ages).
- airdrop the audiobook file(s) to your iphone (these files will be the ones ending in .M4B, M4A, MP3, MP4).
- on iphone, click on the file once it’s received. it will open in some crappy generic audio player, but should have a bar at the bottom which says ‘open in bookplayer’.
- click on this, it will launch bookplayer, click ‘import’ - and voilá! your audiobook is ready to go.
hope this helps. enjoy!
edit: this isn’t necessarily the most sophisticated or efficient method, but is effective, accessible, and beginner-friendly. please note this guide relates to mac and iphone only.