FIX4 - calibre ebook-view error in macos high sierra

blisshome · 12-10-2017, 01:48 PM

I like to open new ebooks directly with calibre's ebook-viewer.app (found inside the calibre.app) so they are not copied and added to the calibre library, but since macos High Sierra I get the error: "ebook-viewer cannot be opened because of a problem".
My workaround is to run the ebook-viewer code (found inside the ebook-viewer.app) from the command line with the currently selected ebook filelpath as an argument. I created an ActionScript App that you can make the default "open" application for any particular ebook type (.epub in my case). It only opens one book at a time. Here's the ActionScript:

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BetterRed · 12-10-2017, 08:38 PM

Thanks for sharing

BTW I moved your thread out of the Recipes subforum, because that sub-forum is about news downloads 'scripts'. And I tweaked this threads title.

Oh,and welcome to Mobileread

BR

Pizza_Cant_Read · 12-12-2017, 10:29 AM

I am very unexperienced with Macs, so I may be completely off here, but I am able to open ebooks using High Sierra using a right-click "open with ebook-viewer". I am not a MacBook power user by any means, just use it for content consumption and programming javascript but I haven't encountered this error. I wonder what is being done differently.

Welcome to MobileRead!

blisshome · 12-15-2017, 01:49 PM

Thanks for the feedback Pizza_Cant_Read. A while back I stopped getting "ebook-viewer.app" as a menu choice when right-clicking an epub file and choosing "Open With". I solved the problem by opening the calibre.app and copying the ebook-viewer.app file to my Applications folder and made it the default app to open epubs. It worked fine for a while, then after High Sierra it mysteriously stopped working. After I created my workaround, I deleted the copy of ebook-view.app I'd put into my Applications folder. Now, after reading your post I double-checked my right-click menu choices and lo and behold "Open With" once again offers "ebook-view.app" and it works fine. After programming for 20 years, all I can say is "Go figure" and move on. At least I have a workaround if it goes wonky again.

BetterRed · 12-15-2017, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blisshome

. . . lo and behold "Open With" once again offers "ebook-view.app" and it works fine. After programming for 20 years, all I can say is "Go figure" and move on. At least I have a workaround if it goes wonky again.

Happens to all of us ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...5&postcount=13

BR

12-10-2017, 01:48 PM	#1
blisshome Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 39916 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: iPad/iPhone/MacBookPro	FIX4 - calibre ebook-view error in macos high sierra I like to open new ebooks directly with calibre's ebook-viewer.app (found inside the calibre.app) so they are not copied and added to the calibre library, but since macos High Sierra I get the error: "ebook-viewer cannot be opened because of a problem". My workaround is to run the ebook-viewer code (found inside the ebook-viewer.app) from the command line with the currently selected ebook filelpath as an argument. I created an ActionScript App that you can make the default "open" application for any particular ebook type (.epub in my case). It only opens one book at a time. Here's the ActionScript: Last edited by PeterT; 12-10-2017 at 02:20 PM.

12-10-2017, 08:38 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,568 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Thanks for sharing BTW I moved your thread out of the Recipes subforum, because that sub-forum is about news downloads 'scripts'. And I tweaked this threads title. Oh,and welcome to Mobileread BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-11-2017 at 02:20 AM. Reason: add welcome msg

12-12-2017, 10:29 AM	#3
Pizza_Cant_Read Sentient Sauce Posts: 460 Karma: 2519794 Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: China Device: 9th Gen Oasis	I am very unexperienced with Macs, so I may be completely off here, but I am able to open ebooks using High Sierra using a right-click "open with ebook-viewer". I am not a MacBook power user by any means, just use it for content consumption and programming javascript but I haven't encountered this error. I wonder what is being done differently. Welcome to MobileRead! Last edited by Pizza_Cant_Read; 12-12-2017 at 10:38 AM.

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12-15-2017, 01:49 PM	#4
blisshome Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 39916 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: iPad/iPhone/MacBookPro	Thanks for the feedback Pizza_Cant_Read. A while back I stopped getting "ebook-viewer.app" as a menu choice when right-clicking an epub file and choosing "Open With". I solved the problem by opening the calibre.app and copying the ebook-viewer.app file to my Applications folder and made it the default app to open epubs. It worked fine for a while, then after High Sierra it mysteriously stopped working. After I created my workaround, I deleted the copy of ebook-view.app I'd put into my Applications folder. Now, after reading your post I double-checked my right-click menu choices and lo and behold "Open With" once again offers "ebook-view.app" and it works fine. After programming for 20 years, all I can say is "Go figure" and move on. At least I have a workaround if it goes wonky again.

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