Cannot remove DRM on Kindle books

embean · 02-14-2020, 10:19 AM

I am using a Mac and have Calibre 3.45.2. I have DeDRM tools installed, as well as the KFX Input plugin. I have Kindle for Mac installed. I seem to have tried everything and still cannot remove DRM on Kindle books. Adobe Digital Editions seems to be fine. Am I missing something?

DNSB · 02-14-2020, 03:00 PM

Check the sticky Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre at the top of this page. Then ask yourself "what version of Kindle for Mac am I using?"

You might also want to consider updating your version of calibre.

embean · 02-14-2020, 03:21 PM

Thanks, I got it to work, and the issue was the Kindle version. What version of Calibre can I safely upgrade to in order to maintain this functionality? My issue with upgrading is that it's pretty much a reinstall every time + applying plugins again (and I am lazy). The last time I upgraded, the plugins did not apply correctly, which is why I've now been neglecting it.

BetterRed · 02-14-2020, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by embean

Thanks, I got it to work, and the issue was the Kindle version. What version of Calibre can I safely upgrade to in order to maintain this functionality? My issue with upgrading is that it's pretty much a reinstall every time + applying plugins again (and I am lazy). The last time I upgraded, the plugins did not apply correctly, which is why I've now been neglecting it.

There are ~400K active users of Calibre on MacOS. If the problem you describe was wide spread this forum would be flooded with complaints. That it's not suggests the problem is at your end.

See ==>> Usage Statistics for calibre

BR

DNSB · 02-15-2020, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by embean

Thanks, I got it to work, and the issue was the Kindle version. What version of Calibre can I safely upgrade to in order to maintain this functionality? My issue with upgrading is that it's pretty much a reinstall every time + applying plugins again (and I am lazy). The last time I upgraded, the plugins did not apply correctly, which is why I've now been neglecting it.

If you are using KFX, the current version of calibre you can use is 4.5. 4.6 and later break the DeDRM code. This may be fixed shortly as a new release of DeDRM is somewhat imminent.

02-14-2020, 10:19 AM	#1
embean Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: Kindle	Cannot remove DRM on Kindle books I am using a Mac and have Calibre 3.45.2. I have DeDRM tools installed, as well as the KFX Input plugin. I have Kindle for Mac installed. I seem to have tried everything and still cannot remove DRM on Kindle books. Adobe Digital Editions seems to be fine. Am I missing something?

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02-14-2020, 03:00 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,434 Karma: 145525534 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Check the sticky Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre at the top of this page. Then ask yourself "what version of Kindle for Mac am I using?" You might also want to consider updating your version of calibre.

02-14-2020, 03:21 PM	#3
embean Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2020 Device: Kindle	Thanks, I got it to work, and the issue was the Kindle version. What version of Calibre can I safely upgrade to in order to maintain this functionality? My issue with upgrading is that it's pretty much a reinstall every time + applying plugins again (and I am lazy). The last time I upgraded, the plugins did not apply correctly, which is why I've now been neglecting it.