Syncing audiobooks to iphones

Hi, I have purchased some audiobooks through itunes on my mac and cannot sync it to my iphone. It is extremely frustrating! My iphone 5 music library does not have an option for audiobooks so it does not seem to sync and I have not been successful with adding to a playlist either. Can anyone help me. Thanks.

Click the arrow beside your ipod in the sidebar under devices to expand the menu. You should see a sub-menu there called books. When you select that, you should be able to check the "Sync Audiobooks" checkbox and choose the books you want to sync.
There may be the possibility that it got added to your music collection for some reason which would mean it does not show up under audiobooks. In that case you would need to right click on the book in your music collection > get info > options > media kind > audiobook.
Hope this helps

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Hi Betty,
Do you see a iTunes sync alert when the issue occurs? Try following along with the instructions in the article below to verify the audiobook syncing is setup correctly in iTunes.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Add iBooks and audiobooks to iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13698
You can download iBooks to your computer and use iTunes to sync them to your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. You can also use iTunes to sync audiobooks to your iPod or iOS device.
Sync iBooks or audiobooks to your device
Connect your device to your computer and select your device in iTunes.
Click the Books button.
Do either or both of the following:
Sync iBooks: Select Sync Books, then click “All books,” or click “Selected books” and select the iBooks you want to add.
Sync audiobooks: Select Sync Audiobooks, then click “All audiobooks,” or click “Selected audiobooks” and select the audiobooks you want to add.
Click Apply.
-Jason

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I have several audiobooks in iTunes and they sync with my iPhone. I just got an iPad and don't want to sync the audiobokks to it. I've tried creating a playlist but it's not showing up in iTunes.
If someone knows how to select which device to send the audiobook to I'd appreciate the help. I've tried the forums and internet but can't seem to find a solution
THanks

Thanks but once you select the audiobook in the iTunes Library, there is no way that I know of to deselect it on the iPad sync unless you deselect it in the library. And then on the next iPhone sysnc it will be erased. Hope that makes sense.
I select what to sync with my iPhone and iPad and the audiobooks do not appear there.

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Hello,
is it somehow possible to sync the current position of an audiobook between MacBook and iPhone?
E.g. if I listen to an audiobook on my MacBook and want to continue on my iPhone I need a way to sync the current time.
Does anyone know, if there's a way?

Assuming you have sync contacts with the Address Book selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes, try resetting the sync history on your Mac. This is done via iSync preferences with the iSync application if your Mac is not running Lion.

HT4528 Has anyone had problems syncing audiobooks to iphone 5?

I have had Iphones for years, and since getting the iphone 5 i have had problems syncing my audiobooks from my macbook pro to my phone.
The majority of my sudio files are books, and for some reason I can only sync certain books to my new phone. It is beyond frustrating since I have probably $2000.00 worth of audiobooks that i will listen to over and over again every year or so. I clearly dont have enough space on my phone to hold all of my audiobooks, so I have always managed them through itunes. Its almost like the books are not there anymore because even when selected as the only book to sync they do not show up on my phone. Yet I can listen to them through my mackbook pro, and some of the books will sync when others wont!!!
Has this happened to anyone else and if so any ideas on cause and correction?? PLEASE HELP!!!!!! This is driving me crazy and im thinking of taking my macbook and phone to the genius bar tomorrow to figure it out unless I get an answer here.
thanks for your time and help.....

Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Release the Buttons.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
If no joy...
Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and “ Restore “...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Syncing audiobook to iPhone???

I purchased an audiobook from itunes and I cannot get it to sync to my phone. it is "the last lecture".
does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get this audiobook onto my phone? thanks.

Thank you Allan. silly question....how do I do what you are talking about?
I was having issues with my iphone for several months and was unable to sync it with my computer and have just recently fixed the problem...so I am very new to this app thing. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you!

How do I sync audiobooks across to my iPhone?

Can anyone tell me how I am supposed to sync audiobooks across to my iPhone?
I have a whole bunch of them, and they are all plain old MP3 files, with a .mp3 file extension, but I have changed the "Media Kind" for them, by selecting File > Get Info, and then choosing the Options tab. Under there, I change Media Kind from "Music" to "Audiobook".
Having done that, they do all show up under the Audiobooks section in iTunes on my Mac.
I have my iPhone set to auto-sync, ie: "Manually manage music and videos" is unchecked.
I have "Sync only checked songs and videos" checked, and the relevant individual audiobooks that I do want to copy across are checked.
I just want a few at a time, so I only have a few checked.
Needless to say, Apple doesn't supply an Audiobook tab when viewing the iPhone settings in iTunes when the iPhone is plugged in.
I have plenty of space left on my iPhone. I do not get any error messages when attempting to sync. iTunes on my mac has no problems locating the files. But still, the audiobooks will not copy across.
The only way I can get them to copy across is to create a playlist for them, copy them from the Audiobooks section into this playlist, then go under the iPhone's settings/preferences when it's plugged in, and check this new playlist that I've created.
Then they will copy across to the iPhone.
But that's a bit of a hack-job. Is there no way to "correctly" copy across an audiobook to an iPhone?
I am running the latest versions of everything:
Mac OS X 10.5.5
iTunes 8.0.2
iPhone OS 2.2.1

I'm such an idiot...
Well, actually, I'm not entirely to blame on this one...
I just figured out that Apple has buried an "Audiobook playlist" checkbox under the Music tab in the iPhone's settings / preferences.
I didn't have this "playlist" checked.
So even though the individual audiobooks themselves were checked, because the main playlist itself was not, nothing was copying across.
So I'm the fool for not noticing the box wasn't checked — but can you blame me when Apple decides to hide the "Audiobooks" section under the "Music" tab instead of in its own dedicated tab, like they do with "Video", "Podcasts", etc.
Why does "Podcasts" get its own section, but "Audiobooks" doesn't?
How is an audiobook any more like "music" than a podcast is?
Now where's that rolls-eyes emoticon...?

How do I scroll down to see list of selected audiobooks and albums to sync with my iPhone in iTunes 11?

I am running Windows 7 and using iTunes 11. I have an iPhone 4.
In the past I have been able to sync selected albums and audiobooks with my iPhone using iTunes with no problems, but today when I tried to add an audiobook from my computer to my iPhone, I could not see it (or the audiobooks previously added to my iPhone) listed as a choice under Books --> Sync Audiiobooks --> Selected Audiobooks.
I connected my iPhone to my laptop via USB. iTunes 11 comes up. My iPhone syncs automatically.
I click the iPhone device in the sidebar and the list of choices (Summary, Info, Apps, Tones, Music, Movies, TV Shows, Books, and Photos) appears across the top of the main part of iTunes to the right of the sidebar.
When I click on Music from this list of choices, I have selected Sync Music and Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres.
Under this I see my list of Playlists and the ones I have checked. I also see my list of Artists and the ones I have checked.
Under these two items, I see the words Genres and Albums, but I cannot scroll down to see them (not even to see the ones I have previously selected to be synched with my iPhone).
When I click on Books I see that Sync Audiobooks is checked and Selected audiobooks is selected, but I cannot see the list of audiobooks from which I can choose the ones I want to add to my iPhone and I cannot see the audiobooks that I previously selected and that are currently on my iPhone. I see the words Audiobooks and Parts, but I cannot scroll below these words to see the list of audiobooks that are on my laptop.
Any help in resolving these issues would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Eddie

http://www.technipages.com/iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-enable-disable-shuffle-mode.ht ml
I think you've tried that though.
I had similar issue a few months ago - I think it didn't work unless I did it when the music was actually playing in the now playing section.

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HT203433 an audiobook that i just purchased from itunes won't sync with my iphone - everything else (all new music) downloads except the audiobook. help!

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Setankin wrote:
No one at Apple has any idea about this?
This is a user forum. Apple does not respond to posts here, usually.
I would help you if I could but I am a pc guy and don't know the iphoto app. Sorry.
Any mac users out there that can help Setankin???

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I am not sure if it is because I am blind and just can't see the audiobooks tab on my iTunes screen, but my screen reading software can't find it either. None of the audiobooks will sync. I have tried turning iTunes Match off and on and it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?

Hey, nickstandford26.
To sync Audiobooks from your computer to your iOS device, we'll want to follow the basic syncing instructions outlined in this article:
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
Specifically, what we are looking for is the "Books" tab at the top of iTunes (grouped together with Summary, Music, etc). Audiobooks have moved to this "Books" tab.
Once on the Books tab, there are two separate sections for syncing regular digital Books and Audiobooks. Make sure that the "Sync Audiobooks" checkbox is checked and choose to either sync all or selected audiobooks. Once these changes are applied, the Audiobooks will be transferred to your device for your enjoyment!
Happy Listening,
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Syncing audiobooks

If I backed up my phone today to my computer and I want to sync audiobooks and I get the message that the phone can only be synced with one iTunes library will I loose data if I hit erase.
I'm using the same computer that I backed up to.
I recently got a macbook pro and when I did I lost all data on my phone after 12/2012 due to a corrupted back up file. No I am leary that I will lose everything again. I have changed back up preferences to prevent this from happening in the future but still nervous when it asks me if I want to erase my iphone. Scary thought!!!!
Thank you!
Jamie

okay. After disabling automatically sync, I connected my iPod, selected it, changed setting to sync only checked items. When I tried to look at my list of podcasts it asked if I wanted to apply changes. I said, yes, and it automatically synced all p'casts. When I look at the list of p'casts I don't see a box to check.

How can I delete apps in iTunes and have that sync to my iPhone and iPad?

How can I delete apps in iTunes and have that sync to my iPhone and iPad? I don't want to delete 3 separate times for each item. I just carefully chose 30-35 apps to get rid of via iTunes, hoping it would sync to my devices, only to find I have to repeat the process on my iPad, take notes, then repeat it on my iPhone. It wasn't always so tedious was it?
Here's the "Help" I got from Apple. They even quoted my question back to me then proceeded to answer with something very different and completely missing the point.
I understand that you would like to delete the Apps. I know how eager you are to get the required information and I will be happy to assist you.
You can remove individual songs, audiobooks, and videos from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad. Removing an item from your device doesn't delete it from your iTunes library.
To remove items from a device other than an iPod shuffle, first make sure that iTunes is set up to manually manage items.
1. Connect your iPod, iPhone, or iPad to your computer.
2. When the iPod, iPhone, or iPad icon appears in iTunes, select it.
3. Unless your device is an iPod shuffle, click the Summary tab and make sure "Manually manage music and videos" or "Manually manage music" is selected.
4. If the disclosure triangle to the left of your iPod, iPhone, or iPad (below Devices) is closed, click the triangle so that you can see the device's contents.
5. Select the item you want to delete and press the Delete key.
This was not helpful in any way and I am still unable to delete apps on my devices in a global, iTunes based way. Each device still requires its own independent process.

Match was off. I made all of the changes and then went through the "Turn on iTunes Match" option. I now have deleted some tracks, edited the Metadata in CDDA, and then added it back. This worked fine, but it is not a good solution.
I just tried making some edits and use the "Update iTunes Match" and that seemed to work. It looks like the real answer is that Match must be up and operational, then you can make changes and run the Update to incorporate the changes. However, if Match has a problem then Signing Out and back in to your store account and going through the process of Turning On Match (were you get the questions, "Add this Computer to Match" will overwrite any changes.
Since this relies on the stability of iTunes, I won't be making a lot of changes between updates.

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Hello, I purchased an audiobook and I am trying to sync it to my nano. It says sync complete but it doesn't show up on my nano.

Hey, TheMightyWitt.
To sync Audiobooks from your computer to your iOS device, we'll want to follow the basic syncing instructions outlined in this article:
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
Specifically, what we are looking for is the "Books" tab at the top of iTunes (When your iPhone is plugged in). Here is what it looks like:
Once on the Books tab, there are two separate sections for syncing regular digital Books and Audiobooks. Make sure that the "Sync Audiobooks" checkbox is checked and choose to either sync all or selected audiobooks. Once these changes are applied, the Audiobooks will be transferred to your device for your enjoyment!
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Can't sync audiobooks after IOS 5 upgrade.

After IOS 5 upgrade I am unable to Sync my iphone 4 either by WiFi or connected via USB.
Itunes becomes un responsive after "Determining tracks to sync". Have been able to sync only after disabling Audiobooks sync.
SO far have done the following.
- Changed the USB cable
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- Created new playlist with 1 audiobook.
Itunes crashes everytime.
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Nothing syncs if I have sync audiobooks turned on.
First I didn't know what the problem was and I even wiped my iPhone and started from scrach (what a pain it was).
Nothing. No music, no Apps, no ringtones, no audiobooks.
I installed some apps via the app store, and some audiobooks with audible app.
But the rest still didn't work.
Then I clicked "Tranfer purchases from ...'s iPhone" on iTunes and some of my music and ringtones started to transfer to the iPhone!! Partially. I had to click it again to get the rest of the music and ringtones. But the audiobooks didn't transfer. Not even from a playlist.
After I unchecked Sync Audiobooks, I managed to get some apps transfered to the iPhone but they're still "Waiting" not "Loading." Every time I click on sync a little bit of the apps transfer, but then their status goes back to "loading."
My biggest problem is that I have non Audible audiobooks. These I don't know how to put in the iphone.

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