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Old 12-10-2021, 03:16 PM   #1
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Kindle PW 11th Gen Mac OS Calibre not working
I just got a Kindle PW 11th generation and am running an iMac with OS 10.13.6. I have the latest Calibre update for this version of Mac OS (3.48). I have been through all the troubleshooting in the sticky post, and still when
I plug in the Kindle it is not recognized in Calibre.

Does Calibre 3.48 not work with the new PW?
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Old 12-10-2021, 03:19 PM   #2
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Does Calibre 3.48 not work with the new PW?
It is very unlikely to work since you need a recent version of calibre 5 to have the new 2021 Paperwhites supported.

You could save to disk and then manually copy the books to your new PW.
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It is very unlikely to work since you need a recent version of calibre 5 to have the new 2021 Paperwhites supported.

You could save to disk and then manually copy the books to your new PW.
Thank you! That confirms what I expected, and it makes sense that the latest version of software would be needed to work. The catch for me is that if I update my Mac OS I will lose the use of a couple of important and expensive to replace pieces of software, so for me the tradeoff is not worth it.

Could you point me to an instruction source or explain a little about how to save to disk and then copy to PW, as I don't understand how that is done? A viable workaround like that would be great as I could make the new PW work -- otherwise I'm going to have to return it.

Thanks again for your help!
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Save to folder is a normal Calibre Icon.
It may work if a Mac always mounts your Kindle the same way. (PC, Linux user here)

(It has its own template and Device type in the metadata plugboard)
Remember to click EJECT when done
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Success! From Calibre I was able to copy to the desktop, then drag and drop to the Kindle icon on the desktop. But from there it took some figuring to realize that I then needed to open the Kindle icon, and move the book to a specific folder ("item" I think it was called). It's on the PW now and seems perfectly readable so far, only missing the cover art which I don't care about.

Maybe if I play around with this some I'll come up with a more streamlined way to do it, but this isn't bad.

Thanks so much to both of you for helping me out!
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