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Originally Posted by adrianf
... Could you put me in direct contact with Laura?
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Unfortunately, I don't have direct contact with Laura, but I believe she is here on MobileRead as lkmiller.
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For a long while I used jhowell's Method One in macOS 10.14.6
Reverting to macOS-Kindle version 1.17.1 has helped me download books bought from Amazon, and I had no further problems. Now I use Calibre 4.16.0
I bought, however, a few day ago, a new MacBookPro and, as part of the greater liberties Apple grants now to its users, I cannot downgrade the macOS anymore.
In macOS AppStore, the reviews for the latest version 1.28 of Kindle for Mac say that Amazon does its best to make its macOS application really useless.
Is the action list below still the correct on for me?
(1) Quit macOS-Kindle
(2) Write command
chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
or
sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
in Terminal
(3) Totally empty the folder:
~/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
(I have many hundreds of books, and I do not know which format each of them has)
(4) Open macAppStore and download version 1.28
(5) Overwrite the Kindle version 1.17.1
(6) Start Kindle 1.28
(7) Download again all books in Kindle 1.28 with
File → Download
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As this is a new MacBook Pro with Catalina that never had an earlier macOS installed, it may not be possible to get everything working.
However, are you saying you have transferred Kindle for Mac 1.17.1 and Calibre 3.x from your old Mac to your new one then upgraded to Calibre 4.16.0? And Kindle for Mac 1.17.1 and Calibre 3.x were working together successfully on your old Mac?
If the answer to both questions are yes, then there's a chance this will work. Do NOT delete anything in your Kindle or Calibre folders. This is very important. Leave your pre-existing Kindle and Calibre installations intact. Then try this ...
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ETA: See post #773 below