Thread: Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre
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Old 03-10-2019, 08:38 PM   #500
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
... 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.
BRILLIANT!!!!!!

Your hypothesis was spot-on. Right-clicking and selecting "Download" triggers a KF8 file (with the generic extension .azw) to download without opening the book and without triggering a KCR to follow and replace it. Whereas double-clicking causes a KF8 to download (if it hasn't already been downloaded), immediately followed by a KCR, then the KF8 is deleted and the book opens.

Mac users can now use the 64-bit K4Mac 1.25.2 to download an Alf-friendly KF8 (with .azw file extension) by using chmod -x to disable renderer-test then right-clicking and selecting "Download." It is imperative that one not double-click and open the book as that will delete the Alf-friendly KF8 and replace it with a not-friendly-to-Alf KCR.

For complete instructions see this post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=508

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