– Genre field is compatible with Audiobookshelf and more – Progress bar now covers every stage of a build – Cancel responds faster at any point during a build – Smoother cover loading from external and network drives If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Genre field now takes several genres, comma-separated – CUE chapter import reads more timestamp formats – Books with dozens of files start building faster – Fetch Metadata remembers the source you picked last – Smoother tag updates on M4B files with a language set – Audio-track detection in video imports, tuned up If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– New Publisher field in the metadata editor – Default language for new books — set once in Settings – Book numbers can be 2.5, so side stories sort right – Option to keep original bitrate: audio is copied, never recompressed – Open a book right from Finder with Open With – Long builds keep your Mac awake – AAC files: the numbers on screen match the file – A tidier main window and a calmer editor If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Even better with external drives and network volumes – Up to twice as fast when updating metadata on large books – Your original files are protected at every step – Exported M4A chapters start playing instantly – Smarter keyboard shortcuts while you edit text – A tidier chapter list at every sidebar size If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Building a book now needs about 80% less free disk space – Your manual "Sort Title/Author As" read correctly during import – Minor UI tweaks and improvements If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Chapter Covers — give any chapter its own picture; players that support it show it while the chapter plays. – Sort As — control exactly how your book and author are alphabetized in Apple Books and other apps. – Fixed garbled chapter titles (Czech and other Central-European names, plus some Russian/Ukrainian files). – Fixed a rare freeze near the end of exporting very large audiobooks. Love AudioBo? A quick review on the App Store means the world — thank you!

– Choose your own completion sounds — any audio file, for import and export. – Smoother video import: each file's chapters stay as one draggable chapter. – Fixed two rare crashes, plus behind-the-scenes polish. Love AudioBo? A quick review means the world to me.

– Smarter Audible chapter matching, now with force apply – New Regex find & replace in Batch Rename – New Speed tab with a one-click speed test – New Log view to watch the build live – New filename format: Author - Title [Series #] – Fixed Option peek breaking the arrow keys – More under-the-hood improvements If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Turn videos into audiobooks: drop MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI and more – Pick which audio track to use when a video has several languages – New TMDB metadata source for movies & TV – A new Import tab in Settings lets you sort tracks by file name, title etc – New narrator-based filename presets for export – Keep your Mac awake during export – Copy, paste, and export the cover right from the Edit Book window – The language tag is now written in extra formats – Fixed: bitrate now rounds up – Fixed: filenames with apostrophes no longer break exports – Fixed: long exports are no longer interrupted by a system clock change If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Enhance with AI (beta) is now available in Batch Rename for chapter title cleanup. – Added Remove All Brackets to strip (), [], and {} from chapter titles in one tap. – Batch Rename numbering can now start from 0. – Export now ends with a nicer success animation. – Fixed exports for files with names starting with a dash, such as -001.mp3. If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps a lot!

– Added xHE-AAC support: import audiobooks, edit metadata, chapters, and covers without re-encoding – Better tag handling: HTML-encoded characters now display properly, so Ü becomes Ü, as it should – Larger audiobook imports: drag and drop now accepts books up to 32 GB – Improved cover selection: embedded covers now take priority over a folder’s cover.jpg – More natural language display: the Language field now uses your app language, like Deutsch instead of German – Better keyboard behavior: ⌘N now opens New Book even when the main window is closed If you’re enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Audible: choose which metadata fields to apply – Audible: extra details (series, narrator) fetched automatically – Long descriptions collapse to two lines, click to expand – Smarter default bitrate — rounds up between steps If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Damaged audiobook files are now flagged during import — with a clear reason shown – New option to auto-clear the current book after a metadata update – Faster metadata updates for large audiobooks (⌘U) – Press Return to batch-rename selected chapters – New animated spinner with Reduce Motion and VoiceOver support – Fixed several metadata and re-import issues, including fields not clearing with ⌘U and incorrect filename pre-fills If you’re enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Split into Parts — split long audiobooks into multiple M4B files – Fetch Metadata button in toolbar (⌘F) – Export summary now shows Length · Chapters · Parts info – Enter key confirms action in all dialogs (Create, Join, Remove) – Improved accessibility for export controls (VoiceOver support) – Fixed crash when exporting large audiobooks with 100+ chapters – Fixed sample rate 48 kHz being silently downgraded to 44.1 kHz – Fixed metadata update failing on certain audiobook files If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps us a lot!

– Auto-clear book after export — new option in Settings – Tabbed Settings window with General, Export, and Sounds tabs – Fixed metadata update failing on certain audiobook files – Improved error messages for read-only files If you're enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Pick an Audible region when fetching metadata – Better Audible search and matching (via Fetch Metadata) – Dramatically faster editing and exporting for M4B – Fixed a freeze when merging many M4B files – Open Fetch Metadata from File with ⌘F – Open audio files from Finder via “Open With” – Drop audio files onto the Dock icon to add them – Drag cover art out of Edit Book to save it – Better description compatibility across other apps – Lots of smaller improvements across the UI, localizations, and backend If you’re enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Fetch metadata from Audible, MusicBrainz, Apple Books, or Google Books – Six filename export presets — pick the format you like (Author – Title, Title – Author, and more) If you’re enjoying AudioBo, a quick review on the App Store helps a lot — thank you!

– Added Language and Genre fields in the metadata editor – Added "Don't show again" checkbox for all confirmation dialogs – Added metadata update without re-encoding (Cmd+U) – Added wider bitrate range for HE-AAC, MP3, and AAC-LC – Smarter defaults in the Custom tab – Improved sidecar chapter handling for multi-file projects – Bug fixes and UI improvements for macOS 14 and 15 If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps us a lot!

– Export to M4A and MP3: Perfect for legacy players, car stereos, and non-Apple devices – Sidecar chapters: Drop a timestamps file (YouTube-style) — chapters appear automatically – Improved long-book splitting for the iPod preset – More polished UI with cleaner spacing and tighter layout If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps us a lot!

– Much faster importing for audiobooks with hundreds of files – Smoother, more polished Export window UI – Under-the-hood improvements pave the way for exciting new features If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps us a lot!

– Added 320 kbps bitrate option for higher quality stereo exports – What's New window now shows release history after app updates – Redesigned export folder picker in Settings – Long book titles now display on two lines in the header – Improved Settings window layout – Improved handling of special characters in chapter names — ç, ã, ö, ü, ñ, å now display correctly If you enjoy AudioBo, please leave a review — it helps us a lot!

– Full Undo/Redo support (⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z) — works across book metadata and chapter renaming – Refreshed toolbar icons — clearer, more consistent with macOS – Cleaner dropdown menus — lighter layout with separators for easier scanning – Improved export error handling — detailed dialogs explain what went wrong Found this update useful? A tiny App Store rating goes a long way.

– New “New Book” toolbar button (Cmd+N) to quickly start a fresh project – Updated VoiceOver support for all buttons with proper labels and hints – New tooltips for every interactive element to make controls easier to understand – Improved handling of very low-bitrate audio – Improved audio metadata handling for tricky or non-standard input files If the app is useful to you, leaving a short App Store review really helps. Thank you!

– Chapter cleanup upgraded — detects and removes Roman numerals – Updated localization — clearer wording and more consistent phrasing across the app If you’re enjoying the app, leaving a quick review on the App Store really helps. Thank you for the support!

– You can now bring in OGG, APE, WMA, WV and Opus files as source audio – Chapter-name cleanup for English titles became noticeably smarter – The Batch Rename & Cleanup window got a some UX refresh Thanks for using the app. If it’s been genuinely useful to you, a quick review goes a long way — it helps me keep making it better.