Thread: Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre
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Old 03-10-2019, 06:21 PM   #499
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Originally Posted by odamizu View Post
Today, I was able to capture the azw file, and it is indeed KF8/azw3. What's more, it can be liberated by Alf. Further experiments suggest that K4Mac 1.25.2 cannot read KF8. It can only read KFX and KCR, and when it encounters KF8, it automatically replaces it with KCR.
Great work!

Hopefully someone can come up with a method of blocking the KCR file download. That would provide a path forward with Kindle for Mac for those who plan to upgrade to a 64-bit only OS.

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I have a suggestion of something you could try. Perhaps the file is downloaded normally and only replaced when you attempt to open it.

On Kindle for PC double clicking a book icon causes it to be both downloaded and opened, but right clicking and selecting "Download" causes a download only. I assume Kindle for Mac works similarly.
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