10-09-2019, 07:45 AM | #616 |
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With the MacOS Catalina release and the end of 32-bit apps, are there any options for Mac users, apart from staying with MacOS High Sierra and Kindle for Mac 1.17. Obviously 1.17 will not work with Catalina as it only allows 64-bit apps.
Has anybody tested with Catalina and which version of Kindle for Mac works? I heard there were still a lot of issues with it and won't be looking to upgrade for while yet, if I do decide to update. Inukami |
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Hope this helps. Last edited by chrisparker; 10-09-2019 at 08:37 AM. |
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10-09-2019, 09:00 AM | #619 |
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1. The additional instructions are posted here.
3. I used direct downloads of the macOS Kindle app. I don't know what the differences are in the App Store version. 4. Files go into individual folders - can't answer the other questions. |
10-09-2019, 01:13 PM | #620 |
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@chrisparker — This is excellent! Thank you so much for sharing your results. I will update my post shortly so that all the instructions are in one place. (I haven't had a chance to play with Catalina yet, and probably won't have time for at least another week.) Kudos & Karma to you!
P.S. It shouldn't be necessary to start with 1.17. As long as you have a working version of 1.23 BEFORE you update to Catalina, it should work. The problem is if your Catalina setup ever breaks, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to fix it because you can't go back to 1.23 and start over. P.P.S. IMPORTANT: I'm 99% sure that if you have direct download version of 1.23 then go to the App Store for 1.26 or vice versa, Alf will not work as the versions are slightly different (for reasons I can't go into on this forum). It's best to always use the direct download version K4Mac and update through the app (under Preferences, turn on automatic updates). It may also work to use the App Store version and update through the App Store, but this is not a scenario I test. Most important is not to switch back and forth between direct download version and app store version as that will likely break things. Also once it's working in Catalina, do not ever unregister K4Mac. I know I'm treading close to the line where I'm providing too much detail, if I haven't already crossed it. Moderators, please delete or modify if I've gone too far (and apologies if I've done so). Thanks! Last edited by odamizu; 10-09-2019 at 03:51 PM. |
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If you log into your Amazon account and go to "Your Content and Devices" > "Devices", you can select another device to be your Default Device. Then new purchases shouldn't automatically download to K4Mac (but will then automatically download to the new Default Device). Or, on K4Mac, you can simply remove the download then re-download it whenever you want. Go to Library > Downloaded then right-click on a book and select "Remove from Device". Then go back to All and and right-click Download without double-clicking on the book. I don't have Calibre set to automatically pick up anything in my Kindle folder, so I'm not sure how that works. If you remove a book downloaded to K4Mac then re-download it, will Calibre automatically pick up the re-downloaded book so you have 2 copies in Calibre? I don't know. If you decide to update to Catalina, make sure you've got K4Mac 1.26.1 working on Mojave (or whatever macOS you're on) before updating to Catalina!!! |
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I set my Kindle Default Device to the Cloud Reader. That way books don't automatically go anywhere. Then I can just download where I want when I'm ready.
I think you'd still be OK as long as you don't open them in Kindle for Mac. But I'm on Windows so I can't really say. |
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Catalina took forever to install, but once installed the K4Mac 1.26.1 works with Calibre just fine. I think I'm probably going to use Method 3 for downloading my books as it's a bit easier. But it doesn't hurt to have a backup plan. Jim |
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Just be extremely careful never to de-register K4Mac as that will likely break things, then you won't be able to roll back to 1.23.1 to get it working again. Method 3 is my preferred download method as well, but I like having a backup plan, too |
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Is there any reason to fear upgrading from 6.6.1 to 6.6.3 after you have upgraded to Catalina? The method recitation initially called for removal of all books in the users Kindle directory - Is this necessary, or on;y needed with respect to subsequently adding any of the pre-existing books back to calibre? |
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You may want to upgrade the Kindle app and DeDRM plugin and get everything working before you upgrade the OS.
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If you try to update to 1.26.1 after you're on Catalina, it may not work and then you will be stuck because 1.23.1 is 32-bit and won't run on Catalina, so you can't roll back and try again. Quote:
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I'm really glad you were able to get catalina to work, however, it has been a disaster for me. I will admit i am not computer savvy and understand about a quarter of what is said on this site, but I have spent the last week almost every day on the phone with apple support and have followed their directions to the tee, and ended up with a completely stripped computer with NO operating system and all my apps gone, most of which are not re-installable. The main problem I had with catalina was my apps would open but none of the tabs in the apps would, including calibre. So beware! I think the upgrade has quite a few bugs. I went back to mojave, and if I ever get my apps re-installed, things might work again. One can only hope!
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I'm running macOS 10.14.5
I have been on Kindle 1.23.1 and have had everything running smoothly with Calibre 4.1 (and today's update of 4.2 worked too). I have Alf's 6.6.3 Calibre plugin working as well and have had no issues downloading KF8/AZW3 files with this set up. I decided to see if I could get things working with Kindle 1.26.1 before attempting to update to Catalina and so far everything is working as it should. I ran chmod -x and am still downloading KF8/AZW3 files with the right-click download option. However, I now get an error code every time I close/quit K4Mac. "Kindle quit unexpectedly." It has a long list under the Problem Details which is total Greek to me. I decided to re-download 1.26.1 fresh from amazon's website and reinstalled 1.26.1 and am still get the same error code, though aside from this issue upon quitting the Kindle app things seem to be working. Anyone else run into this? Did you figure out the issue? I am hesitant to move forward with installing Catalina at this point. |
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