How to convert Audible AAX file audiobook M4B on a Mac using Terminal [duplicate]

Solution 1:

How to convert Audible AAX files to M4B Audiobook

1. Open terminal by pressing CMD + Space and then typing "terminal".

2. Once terminal is open, paste the following command and click enter:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
   

   

3. Follow the instructions given (pressing enter, typing password, ect...)

4. Once Homebrew is installed, paste the following command: brew install ffmpeg and press enter.

5. Now paste brew install cask and press enter.

6. Paste brew cask install chromedriver and press enter. If you get an error, you can use brew install chromedriver -cask.

7. Paste curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py and press enter.

8. Paste python get-pip.py and press enter.

• If you get an error about the version of Python, paste python3 get-pip.py instead to force it to use the Python 3 version.

9. Paste pip install selenium requests and press enter.

10. Paste git clone https://github.com/inAudible-NG/audible-activator and press enter.

10b. If you have a one-time password, please use git clone https://github.com/weliveindetail/audible-activator/tree/pause-enter-otp instead.

11. Paste cd audible-activator and press enter.

12. Paste sed -i '' 's,chromedriver_path = "./chromedriver",chromedriver_path = "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver",' audible-activator.py and press enter.

13. Paste python audible-activator.py and press enter.

• If you had to use 'python3' in the command above in step 8, paste python3 audible-activator.py here.

14. Now, enter your Audible account username and password.

15. Enter your one-time password (if you have one) and go to terminal and press enter.

• You may get a pop-up about 'chromedriver' not being a signed application. Click 'Cancel' then go to System preferences > Security > General tab and click the allow button. Then try running the command again.

16. Terminal should print your 8 digit activation key.

17. Paste ffmpeg -activation_bytes <<<YOUR KEY HERE>>> -i (replacing <<<YOUR KEY HERE>>> with your 8 digit activation key), then drag your Audible AAX file into terminal, paste -c copy ~/Downloads/output.m4b and finally press enter. You can use any path/name instead of "~/Downloads/output.m4b". The command should look like this:

That's it!

Also, this is not a duplicate... I hope that people can see how it is different than other posts about this topic.