I've been downloading and copying the files to a Victor Stream right along with a Mac without a problem. Itunes is the default app but I never use Itunes to play them. On May 11, 2010, at 8:34 AM, RATTRAY J. wrote:
> HI, > > I dohn't think so but would have to check - I thought it allowed playing > elsewhere > > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring > Sent: 11 May 2010 13:28 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Audible.com Experience > > Does the Mac limit where you can play the files? In other words, if you > download an audible book using the Mac, will the resulting files only > play using iTunes? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RATTRAY J." <julie.ratt...@durham.ac.uk> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:20 AM > Subject: RE: Audible.com Experience > > > Hi, > > I am really confused by this - I use audible all the time with the Mac > and have not had the problem you are describing. Generally you don't > need to install any softwere to get audible to work with the Mac - you > do with Windows but not Mac. > > The only thing I can suggest you try is going to your download > preferences and seeing what they look like. I typically have my stuff > download directly into itunes so I can put them on my ipod - I seem to > remember that back in the day when I set it up that I had to tell it > that I wanted it to do this so perhaps download preferences - found in > the my acccount pages might be the best place to start. > > If you don't have any luck let me know and maybe I can suggest something > else. > > Good luck > > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring > Sent: 11 May 2010 13:15 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Audible.com Experience > > Hello all: > I recently bought an Audible book using the Mac. Imagine my surprise > when I clicked the purchase button, the book immediately started > downloading. I thought, this is excellent. However, when the four > parts of the title had finished downloading, and I managed to copy them > to a thumb drive, I discovered that the file extensions were not > correct. I then discovered that I couldn't play the files on my Stream. > There must be something I'm missing here. Should I have installed the > Audible Manager software before doing this? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.