02-05-2021

Amazon Kindle Macos



Kindle for Mac Download: Amazon.co.uk: Software Select Your Cookie Preferences We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads, including interest-based ads. AZW3 is an eBook format developed by Amazon. It also called Kindle Format 8, or KF8. Amazon uses this format to replace the older AZW version of their Kindle eBook files. Contrary to AZW, AZW3 supports advanced features like HTML5 and CSS3. Additionally, it has more formatting options than the old AZW. It is proprietary and can only be used in.

For Mac users who install Kindle for Mac from the Mac App Store, the default location is “ /Users/your user name/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content “. As for other download sources, it will be “ /Users/your user name/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content “.

How to Add a MOBI File to Your Kindle Library

Recently, I have included a Kindle-friendly formatted file of the RCV on the Download page. This page will be a guide to assist you in putting a MOBI file in your Kindle Library to read on your Kindle or using your Kindle software. I will break this guide up into six sections: Email, The Kindle, Kindle for the Desktop, Kindle for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, Kindle for Android, and Other. (Directory names are in italics.)

Email

The simplest way to add a book to your Kindle library is to email the book to your Kindle device. This works with the Kindle and the Kindle Apps. Go to the settings of your Kindle device or app and look for the Kindle email address. You can also find this email address on the Kindle setup page on the Amazon.com website. The page is called, 'Manage Your Kindle.' There you will find a list of email addresses for each of your Kindle devices. Once you identify the email address you wish to use, log in to your email account, compose an email to the Kindle email address, attach the MOBI or PDF file to the email, and then send the email. It may take a little time, but before long, you will see the book appear in your Kindle library.

The Kindle

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle device, follow these steps:

  1. Connect your Kindle to your computer.
  2. Copy the MOBI file from your computer to the Documents directory on your Kindle (the Kindle connects to your computer as if it were a USB flash drive).
  3. Properly disconnect the Kindle from your computer (i.e., eject the device).

Kindle for the Desktop

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle desktop software library, follow these steps:

  1. Copy or move the MOBI file to the appropriate Kindle directory on your hard drive.
    • Windows XP/Vista/7/8: The Kindle directory is called My Kindle Content and is located in the My Documents folder.
      • If I'm not mistaken, the Kindle app downloaded in the Windows 8 App Store stores the files in a completely different directory. If you can't find the My Kindle Content folder, try looking for this folder: C:Users<userid>AppDataLocalAmazonKindleapplicationcontent.
    • Mac OS X: The Kindle Content directory is located in your Documents directory.
      • It looks like the more recent versions of the Kindle App for Mac OS X puts the book files in a different location. If that is the case with your version, try looking for this directory: ~/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content.
  2. Launch the Kindle desktop application.

Kindle for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle app for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch (iOS Device), follow these steps:

  1. Connect your iOS Device to your computer.
  2. Launch iTunes, if it doesn't automatically launch.
  3. Click on your iOS Device on the left sidebar.
  4. Click the Apps tab at the top of the iTunes window.
  5. Scroll down to the File Sharing section on the Apps tab.
  6. Click on Kindle in the Apps list.
  7. Click the 'Add...' button just below the Documents list to the right.
  8. Navigate to the MOBI file you wish to add to the Kindle app and click the Choose button.
  9. Sync your iOS Device.
  10. Disconnect your iOS Device from your computer.
  11. Launch the Kindle app on your iOS Device.

Kindle for Android

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle app for Android, follow these steps:

  1. Connect your Android device to your computer via USB cable (there are many different ways to connect your Android device (e.g., FTP, file-sharing app), which accomplish the same thing as connecting your device via USB cable).
  2. If prompted, choose the option to 'Mount as disk drive' on your Android device.
  3. Navigate to the sdcard directory or the internal storage on your Android device—which should now show up as a disk drive on your computer—if it doesn't mount to that directory automatically.
  4. Copy your MOBI file to the kindle directory located on the SD card of your Android device. If you have trouble finding the Kindle directory, try looking for this folder: [Internal storage]/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files
  5. Disconnect your Android device from your computer.
  6. Launch the Kindle app on your Android device.

Other Devices

  • BlackBerry: At the time of this writing, only books available in the Kindle Store can be read on the Kindle for Blackberry app.
  • Windows Phone 7: At the time of this writing, only books available in the Kindle Store can be read on the Kindle for Windows Phone app.

Kindle For Os X

Catalina is the first version of macOS to exclusively support 64-bit applications. Kindle for Mac 1.23 no longer runs at all on MacOS 10.15 Catalina since it is 32bits application.

Can I still remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina or Big Sur? This is the most frequently asked questions for Mac users.

Yes, you can. And in this article I will share the easiest way to remove Kindle drm on Mac Catalina and Big Sur.

There are two ways to remove kindle drm on mac Catalina or later version which is divided by Kindle holder and non-kindle user.

1 If you have kindle eink devices, please use download & transfer via usb to get kindle books for drm removing.

2 If you don't have kindle eink devices, just disable kindle kfx format on the latest kindle for mac.

Remove Kindle DRM Mac Catalina(Download & Transfer via USB)

Do you have any Kindle eink device? If yes, then this method will work for you.

If you don't have kindle eink device, please patch your kindle for mac to remove Kindle drm on Mac Catalina.

To use this method, please ensure:

You have a kindle e-ink device that registered with your Amazon Account. If you have this kindle eink device at your hand, that would be great. If it is not nearby, please also don't worry. We just need to find its kindle serial number on the Amazon website. Finding kindle serial number will be described in the following part.

Step 1 Go to your Manage your Content and Devices on Amazon website. Under 'Content' tab, you can see all your kindle ebooks (purchased and borrowed) .

Amazon Kindle Macos

Step 2 Download Kindle books to your computer at first.

Click the 'Action' bottom besides the books title, then choose 'Download &Transfer via USB'.

Step 3 Choose your registered Kindle e-ink device in your pop-up window, then click on 'Download'

Your kindle books will be downloaded to your Mac.

Step 4 Remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina with Epubor Ultimate.

1Download and install Epubor Ultimate, the best kindle drm removal and ebook format converter.

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2Plugin your Kindle device to your Mac Catalina.

If your Kindle e-ink device is not in your hand right now, you need to go to the Amazon.com to find your Kindle serial Number and then go to User center>> Setting>>Kindle>>fill in the kindle serial number.

Pro tip: the easiest way to find kindle serial number on Amazon website

1. Go to 'Device' tab under 'Manage your Content and Devices', you'll see all your registered kindle device and app. Just click the kindle eink device you selected in the previous step and then click on the Kindle name.

2. Find the Kindle serial number in the kindle device details.

3Just drag and drop the kindle ebooks from your computer to the main interface of Epubor Ultimate. You can get rid of kindle drm easily as the below picture.

To find the drm-free kindle books, just click the output folder icon on the bottom-right corner. Only few steps, you can strip Kindle drm on Mac catalina. It can be called the ultimate way to remove kindle drm on mac Catalina.

Remove Kindle DRM without Downgrading Kindle for MAC

Macos

Since there is no way to revert kindle for Mac to 1.23 on Mac Catalina or Big Sur, is there any way to remove kindle drm from Kindle for Mac 1.30? Yes, with some command excuting, you can also remove Kindle DRM on Mac Catalina and Big Sur.

1. Open your terminal, copy& paste the following command, and then click enter.

chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test

If the chmod command fails with a permission error try again using sudo.

Amazon Kindle Macos

sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test

Then fill in the computer passwords, and press 'Enter'. This chmod command will help you avoid the kindle kfx downloading from kindle for mac 1.30.

2. Then remove your previous downloaded kindle books and then right click the book cover to download them again and run Epubor Ultimate to remove kindle DRM.

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Amazon Kindle Macos

For the detailed steps, you can read Patch Kindle for Mac on Mac Catalina

Final Words

1With Epubor Ultimate, you can remove kindle drm and convert kindle books to epub/pdf/azw3/mobi/txt.

2You don't have to downgrade kindle for mac to older version any more. Just download Kindle books via 'Download & Transfer via USB'.

Amazon Kindle Mac Os

3Epubor Ultimate works both on windows and mac so that you can use this method to remove kindle drm on windows 10/7/8.

Amazon Kindle Macos Os

4Certainly, there are other methods of removing kindle drm on mac Catalina, such as use the command to stop kindle executing the render-test function published by Odamizu. However, if you have no kindle eink devices, follow this guide path your kindle for Mac for removing Kindle drm on Mac Catalina.

5Kindle Fire is not Kindle e-Ink device. Kindle eink devices here are referring to the devices with eink screen, such as kindle paperwhite, kindle oasis.

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6The trial version of Epubor Ultimate only convert 20% content of each and the decrypted kindle books will be in txt format. But the licensed version will enable you to obtain the whole content in its original format and quality.

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Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.