# How to move a .m4b file from computer to phone

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-a-m4b-file-from-computer-to-phone/655615 "2013-04-13T16:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-a-m4b-file-from-computer-to-phone/655615/1 "2013-04-13T16:54:00Z")

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I am not usually so technically challenged but downloading onto my smart phone seems to defeat me every time. I purchased a downloadable audio file online. I connected my android phone to my computer. I downloaded the audio file (the site asked me which format; I indicated “android phone” which was on of the dropdown options). File is now downloaded \*\*onto my computer \*\*and I cannot figure out how to move it to the phone. I feel like an idiot. ☹ Help, please. And speak in simple sentences without too much technospeak, if possible. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-a-m4b-file-from-computer-to-phone/655615/2 "2013-04-13T18:20:49Z")

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I do this all the time to store my book lists onto my phone.

Plug in your Android usb connector into your computer. You’ll see a usb connected message and a usb icon at the top. Swipe that, and you’ll get a list of things to do including connect usb. Select that, and you get a page with a button saying “connect storage to PC”. Once you do that, and accept the warnings, your phone should show up as a disk on your PC, and then you can copy the file over to wherever it belongs on the phone.

The secret is to swipe the upc symbol at the beginning - if you don’t do that, the phone doesn’t show up, and you wonder what the heck is happening.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-a-m4b-file-from-computer-to-phone/655615/3 "2013-04-14T02:53:06Z")

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If in a pinch, you can email it to your phone. Send to youtendigitnumber@[oneofthese](http://www.ehow.com/facts_5221176_can-email-text-message_.html). This is more useful without a smartphone.