Many thanks, dear Odamizu, for your thorough guidance.
I have installed the macOS-Kindle version 1.23.1 you recommeded me, and all worked fine, both in the Kindle app, and in Calibre.
I installed directly the latest macOS-Kindle 1.28 from AppStore, and, again all worked fine both in macOS-Kindle and in Calibre. It goes without saying, that before opening any new installation of a macOS-Kindle I ran
Code:
sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
What I dislike intensely in macOS-Kindle 1.28 is, the «
improvement», whereby you cannot anymore disable the automatic updates to the latest version, so you are at the absolute mercy of Amazon, as to what version you use. There is no third tab in Preferences called «Updates» anymore.
So I installed the other version you sent me a link to, that is, version 1.26.1
Before starting this new installation I ran
Code:
sudo chmod -x /Applications/Kindle.app/Contents/MacOS/renderer-test
but a new e-book I downloaded with this Kindle version could not be opened in Calibre, being DRM-blocked.
The same version 1.26.1 (please see the attached files for the precise build), could not even quit normally, it announced that it quitted «unexpectedly». See also the Apple-dump attached.
My present two questions are:
- Do you know of any other build of version 1.26.1 (or maybe another later version) which would run both in Mojave and Catalina, and which I can set in its Preferences not to be updated automatically?
- Would that look like a long-term solution for migrating more than 400 e-books from the old Mojave MacBookPro to the new Catalina MacBookPro?
I feel rather uneasy, and fear losing my e-books pretty soon, with some unfortunate update for macOS-Kindle and/or major macOS. Do you have any idea how to protect my e-books long-term?
Thank you, Odamizu, for your help, and, indirectly, thanks also to the present list moderators. What is PM? I would be happy to move my discussion with Odamizu to another place, if need be. Please let me know.