Audely for Mac

Listening and library management on Mac

Audely for Mac combines audiobook and podcast listening with source-folder management, detailed editing, and batch work that benefit from a desktop screen, keyboard, and file system.

Requirements

Audely requires macOS 26 or later.

Move around Audely

Use the sidebar to open Home, the fixed Audiobooks and Podcasts destinations, Search, and direct audiobook or podcast shortcuts. Home switches between independent audiobook and podcast scopes. Audiobook Home includes Books, Continue listening, Recently added, and Recently finished. Podcast Home includes Shows, Continue listening, Recently added, Recently finished, Catch up, and Rediscover.

The player bar remains available while a part or episode is loaded, so you can browse the library without leaving playback controls behind.

Everyday listening

Use the player bar for play and pause, skip intervals, progress, speed, chapters, transcript access, the play queue, AirPlay or Bluetooth output, and volume. The sleep timer and supported keyboard or system media commands remain available while you work in another app.

Manage source folders

Open Audely › Settings › Library to add source folders. Choose whether a new folder contains Audiobooks, Podcasts, or both. Use Scan all folders to check linked folders for changes. Select a folder to open Folder information, classify pending mixed-folder files, review ignored files, Reveal in Finder, reset excluded audio, or remove Audely’s access. Folder information reports audio, non-audio, unsupported, not-downloaded, unavailable, and excluded files where relevant.

Removing a folder from Audely does not delete the folder or its audio.

Edit library details

Use an item’s actions menu or tile or row context menu and choose Book settings, Part settings, Show settings, or Episode settings. Book settings edit shared defaults, while part settings can keep different values for one part. The same menus also offer favourites, played state, and notes where relevant. See Organise your library for the available fields and inheritance rules.

Choose Edit metadata for larger corrections across selected parts and episodes. Opening it from a book or show loads that collection’s children. Edit cells individually or apply values to selected rows using the side panel, then choose Done. Author or creator, audiobook narrator and series, grouping, numbering, dates, and other fields are available. Descriptive edits apply to the selected parts or episodes and do not rewrite book or show defaults. Changing Book or Show moves the selected items to a matching collection or creates a new one. Podcast-only fields affect only podcast rows in a mixed selection. Read the bulk-editing instructions for keeping, clearing, and undoing values.

Library lists support content-appropriate sorting, played-state filters, multi-selection, favourites, played and unplayed actions, queue actions, and safe deletion. Changes remain inside the Audely library and do not rewrite source audio.

Transcript workflows

With Audely Pro, read and search full podcast transcripts, generate one transcript, queue selected podcast episodes for batch generation, generate missing podcast transcripts, or enable automatic generation for newly imported podcast audio. Audiobook parts are excluded. Transcription runs on the Mac after the model is downloaded in Audely › Settings › Transcripts.

Transcriptions shows active and waiting work. Cancelling generation and removing transcripts or the downloaded model remain available without Audely Pro.

Settings, sync, and backups

Open Audely › Settings for General playback and list defaults, Library, Transcripts, Appearance, Sync, and Backup. Open Audely › Audely Pro… to start, restore, or manage a subscription.

Sync keeps supported library information current across devices. Cloud backups create versioned recovery points and can replace the current library during restore. Neither uploads source audio. Read Sync across devices and Cloud backups and restore before deleting synced data or replacing a library.

Continue on mobile

Enable sync on the mobile device and on Mac, then link a playable audio folder on both. Supported library information and listening state can follow you, while each device retains its own folder access. Mobile keeps the everyday listening and single-item workflows but leaves bulk editing, batch transcription, automatic generation, and table-based folder administration on Mac.