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odamizu · 12-30-2020, 01:10 AM

Thank you DiapDealer and KevinH for updating KindleUnpack to 0.83 along with Sigil and Calibre plugins.

I like pdurrant's lovely drag & drop AppleScript very much, so I'm attempting to expand my experience with AppleScript applets and see if I can update it myself.

I downloaded KindleUnpack python scripts from KevinH's GitHub. I then opened the existing 0.81 AppleScript with "Show Package Contents" and copied all the files from KindleUnpack "lib" folder into the AppleScript's "Resources" folder, overwriting any pre-existing file with the same name. I then opened the AppleScript with Script Editor, navigated to Bundle Info and updated the Name and Short Version to 0.83. Then I compiled (hammer icon), ran the script (play icon), and saved everything.

Also, each file seems to exist as a .py and .pyc. The files I copied over from KindleUnpack GitHub folder were all .py, so the .pyc files were not overwritten, though after I saved the AppleScript the date modified on all the .pyc files changed to today's date. I have no idea what this means.

When I dragged an azw3 onto the finished AppleScript, it appeared to run properly and produced a folder with the unpacked Kindlebook. However, I don't really know what I'm doing here, so any feedback on whether I'm missing anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

12-30-2020, 01:10 AM	#1273
odamizu just an egg Posts: 1,587 Karma: 4300000 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kindle, iOS	Thank you DiapDealer and KevinH for updating KindleUnpack to 0.83 along with Sigil and Calibre plugins. I like pdurrant's lovely drag & drop AppleScript very much, so I'm attempting to expand my experience with AppleScript applets and see if I can update it myself. I downloaded KindleUnpack python scripts from KevinH's GitHub. I then opened the existing 0.81 AppleScript with "Show Package Contents" and copied all the files from KindleUnpack "lib" folder into the AppleScript's "Resources" folder, overwriting any pre-existing file with the same name. I then opened the AppleScript with Script Editor, navigated to Bundle Info and updated the Name and Short Version to 0.83. Then I compiled (hammer icon), ran the script (play icon), and saved everything. Also, each file seems to exist as a .py and .pyc. The files I copied over from KindleUnpack GitHub folder were all .py, so the .pyc files were not overwritten, though after I saved the AppleScript the date modified on all the .pyc files changed to today's date. I have no idea what this means. When I dragged an azw3 onto the finished AppleScript, it appeared to run properly and produced a folder with the unpacked Kindlebook. However, I don't really know what I'm doing here, so any feedback on whether I'm missing anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!