Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre - Page 106

ownedbycats · 11-09-2022, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Symantec bought them (and a bunch of others) a while back.

Things went down hill from there

I will never allow anything that comes in that Yellow box on my system ever again.

Not long ago they snuck some cryptomining shit into their antivirus, though they removed it after a bunch of bad press.

JSWolf · 11-09-2022, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Symantec bought them (and a bunch of others) a while back.

Things went down hill from there

I will never allow anything that comes in that Yellow box on my system ever again.

Norton/Symantec is a no go. My system runs Windows Security. That works pretty well and I see no need for something else.

tomsem · 11-09-2022, 08:39 PM

I would like to decrypt the Print Replica books in my Kindle library ('AZW4'). I take it the only way to do this is using Kindle for Mac/PC, ideally an older version? Has someone done this recently, and if so can you share your setup?

Does the calibre plugin need to have access to the Kindle application to decrypt, or if I download it on another machine and copy to where calibre is, can it decrypt successfully?

ownedbycats · 11-09-2022, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

I would like to decrypt the Print Replica books in my Kindle library ('AZW4'). I take it the only way to do this is using Kindle for Mac/PC, ideally an older version? Has someone done this recently, and if so can you share your setup?

Does the calibre plugin need to have access to the Kindle application to decrypt, or if I download it on another machine and copy to where calibre is, can it decrypt successfully?

A few months ago, I was able to use 1.17 and Kindle Unpack. The file said MOBI; it was actually an AZW4 with a PDF inside.

Valkrider · 11-10-2022, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by odamizu

I am still on Catalina, but if Monterey is the same, the Library folder is hidden by default. To make it visible:

Go to your User Folder, select Show View Options, then check Library Folder to make it visible.

Alternatively, you can go to the Finder menu bar and click Go while pressing down the Option key. The Library folder should appear in one of the dropdown choices.

Once you're in the Library folder, you can navigate to the proper subfolder: User > Library > Application Support > Kindle folder or User > Library > Application Support > Containers > com.amazon.Kindle

Thanks I already have the Library folder visible and accessible There is no Kindle folder or com.amazon.kindle folder.

Any other thoughts?

pdurrant · 11-10-2022, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

I would like to decrypt the Print Replica books in my Kindle library ('AZW4'). I take it the only way to do this is using Kindle for Mac/PC, ideally an older version? Has someone done this recently, and if so can you share your setup?

Does the calibre plugin need to have access to the Kindle application to decrypt, or if I download it on another machine and copy to where calibre is, can it decrypt successfully?

Detailed help with DRM removal isn't permitted at MobileRead.

odamizu · 11-10-2022, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Valkrider

Thanks I already have the Library folder visible and accessible There is no Kindle folder or com.amazon.kindle folder.

Any other thoughts?

Interesting. What version K4Mac are you using and did you download it from Amazon directly or the Apple App Store?

Also, just to be sure, you're looking in the Library folder in your User folder, yes? Not the main Library folder on your Mac?

Finally, if you can't find the Kindle folder or com.amazon.kindle, are you able to find your Kindle books? If so, what's the filepath to your Kindle books?

Valkrider · 11-11-2022, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by odamizu

Interesting. What version K4Mac are you using and did you download it from Amazon directly or the Apple App Store?

Also, just to be sure, you're looking in the Library folder in your User folder, yes? Not the main Library folder on your Mac?

Finally, if you can't find the Kindle folder or com.amazon.kindle, are you able to find your Kindle books? If so, what's the filepath to your Kindle books?

Downloaded 1.28 from one of the links provided.

Location is Documents/My Kindle Content

Looks like I will have to buy a s/h Kindle may be easier.

JSWolf · 11-11-2022, 04:09 AM

It is easier (IMHO) to ave a physical Kindle registered to your account as long as said Kindle can handle KF8. It does not need to handle KFX.

odamizu · 11-11-2022, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Valkrider

Downloaded 1.28 from one of the links provided.

Location is Documents/My Kindle Content

That's interesting. The instructions for finding Kindle Content folder in Library/Application Support or Library/Containers has been longstanding on GitHub etc., and I haven't noticed anyone reporting it changed with Monterey. Did you use Preferences to manually move your Kindle Content folder to Documents at some point?

In any case, my Library/Application Support folder contains a "Kindle" folder which in turn contains 4 folders: Cache, My Kindle Content, storage, updates.

So you're saying in your Documents folder, you just have a "My Kindle Content" folder and there's no "Kindle" parent folder that also contains "Cache", "storage", and "updates"?

Also, if you can find the Kindle folder that has "Cache", etc. the "updates" folder only appears after the first auto-update. If you can find the Kindle folder and there is no "updates" folder, simply create a new empty folder, name it "updates" and make read-only.

Finally, I would suggest trying to do a clean install of K4Mac, but if you can't find the "Kindle" folder to delete, I'm not sure how you'd accomplish that

lkmiller · 11-12-2022, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Valkrider

Location is Documents/My Kindle Content

That's the usual location on Windows.

odamizu · 11-12-2022, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkmiller

That's the usual location on Windows.

@lkmiller: Valkrider is on macOS Monterey, not Windows. Also, the goal was to thwart auto-updates, which requires access to the main Kindle folder.

For a long time, the main Kindle folder defaulted to Library >Application Support or Library >Containers folder (and the DeDRM FAQs still reference that here: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools...md#macintosh-1).

Any idea where it might be on installations that default the My Kindle Content folder to Documents?

lkmiller · 11-13-2022, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by odamizu

@lkmiller: Valkrider is on macOS Monterey, not Windows.

I know. I just thought it was odd that it was the usual local for Windows. Are they sure they're on a Mac?

Valkrider · 11-16-2022, 02:37 AM

A quick update, I gave up trying to get this sorted so managed to find a pack of 2 s/h early Kindles locally very cheap so bought them. And now all sorted as a result and now don't need the Kindle app on my Mac.

Inukami · 12-15-2022, 03:22 AM

Has anyone tried on new macOS Ventura?

Inukami

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11-09-2022, 08:39 PM	#1578
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,007 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	I would like to decrypt the Print Replica books in my Kindle library ('AZW4'). I take it the only way to do this is using Kindle for Mac/PC, ideally an older version? Has someone done this recently, and if so can you share your setup? Does the calibre plugin need to have access to the Kindle application to decrypt, or if I download it on another machine and copy to where calibre is, can it decrypt successfully?

11-11-2022, 04:09 AM	#1584
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,742 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	It is easier (IMHO) to ave a physical Kindle registered to your account as long as said Kindle can handle KF8. It does not need to handle KFX.

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Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	A quick update, I gave up trying to get this sorted so managed to find a pack of 2 s/h early Kindles locally very cheap so bought them. And now all sorted as a result and now don't need the Kindle app on my Mac.

12-15-2022, 03:22 AM	#1590
Inukami Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Australia Device: Mac Pro 2013 & Mini 2018, iPad Mini 4, iPhone 11, iBooks, K4Mac/PC	Has anyone tried on new macOS Ventura? Inukami