Audiobook Builder 2.1.2
New in 2.1.2
- Ready for macOS 11 Big Sur. Built for Intel and Apple Silicon.
Fixed in 2.1.2
- Zaps a potenial ‘mdat’ atom length issue. This hasn’t prevented playback in Apple’s audiobook or music players, but could’ve affected third-party players or devices.
- Includes minor user interface adjustments.
Fixed in 2.1.1
- Prevents a crash when your Part Style is Per Chapter and a Chapter is longer than the maximum Part length.
- On macOS Catalina and later, increases the default delay between launching Books and actually adding your audiobooks to Books, so Books won't play the audiobook automatically. Larger Books libraries will probably require more of a delay. Reach out to support@splasm.com for help with that.
- No longer over-shrinks artwork when adding Music or iTunes tracks when the original artwork was saved at more than 72 DPI.
- Now preserves metadata when adding VBR MP3 files that lack a duration value.
- The Save menu item is now disabled after you save your work.
- Nixes a crash that could occur when part of an audio file can’t be read while an audiobook is building.
- Includes minor user interface fixes and enhancements.
New in 2.1
- Brings compatibility enhancements for macOS 10.15 Catalina's Music, and Books. Look in Audiobook Builder’s preferences for new settings to automatically add your audiobooks to Books or Music.
Fixed in 2.1
- Improves temporary file management
- Enhanced for better compatibility with a wider variety of homemade audio files
- Includes minor user interface fixes and adjustments
Fixed in 2.0.2
- Zaps a few dark mode glitches in the Details inspector
- Mac App Store: Nixes an issue preventing the built-in help from working. For quick answers, please go to the Help menu and click Audiobook Builder Help.
- Minor user interface and error reporting tweaks
Fixed in 2.0.1
- Corrects an issue that could prevent your audiobooks from playing on classic iPods
- Minor user interface and error reporting tweaks
New in 2.0
- 64-bit compatibility, built for macOS Mojave and well beyond. OS X El Capitan and later are fully supported.
- Up to 3x faster building at Normal Quality
- Up to 2x faster importing from CD
- Blindingly faster adding files and opening projects.
- HE-AAC encoding, for higher quality and smaller audiobooks, alongside the regular AAC encoding we’ve always supported.
- macOS Mojave dark mode support.
- And more!
Get the update
Mac App Store users
macOS 10.14 Mojave and later, including macOS 10.15 Catalina and macOS 11 Big Sur- Visit the Mac App Store.
- Click the Updates button at the left side of the window.
- Click the Update or Install button next to Audiobook Builder 2. If Audiobook Builder 2 doesn't appear in the list, go to the Store menu and be sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID used for your purchase.
- Visit the Mac App Store.
- Click the Purchased button at the top of the window.
- Click the Update or Install button next to Audiobook Builder 2. If Audiobook Builder 2 doesn't appear in the list, go to the Store menu and be sure you're signed in with the same Apple ID used for your purchase.
Splasm Store users
Updates to each major version of Audiobook Builder are free, so if you have a license for any version that starts with "2." follow these steps to get up to date with the latest!
- Quit Audiobook Builder.
- Click here to download the update.
- If your Mac opens downloads automatically, a window with three icons will appear when the download is complete.
- If the download finishes but a window with three icons doesn't appear, locate the download in the Finder, double-click it, and the window will appear. Downloads go to your Downloads folder, by default. To go there, click the Finder icon on your Dock, go to the Go menu at the top of your screen, and click the Downloads menu item.
- Drag the Audiobook Builder icon to the Applications icon. If you're asked if you'd like to replace a file, click the Replace button.
- Go to the File menu and click the Eject menu item. If the menu item is disabled, return to the window with the three icons, click the white space around the three icons so that nothing is highlighted, then go to the File menu and click the Eject menu item.
