Kindle App for Mac Removed "Download Option"

RonBurgandy · 06-05-2016, 01:45 PM

Like it says - Amazon Kindle app for Mac seems to have removed the download option for downloading books. Usually you right click on a book, and select download. Now the option is unavailable, and in the menu bar it is grayed out and unclickable. This will be a big problem for people like me who download the books to put into Calibre.

Anyone know of a workaround? Maybe buy a kindle, and download the books off the Kindle to the Mac? Is that possible? I want to still be able to use Calibre with the books I purchase from Amazon. Thanks

AnemicOak · 06-05-2016, 10:01 PM

Since there would be no point to the app if you couldn't download books and read them I have to think something's not working right. Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall?

theducks · 06-05-2016, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by RonBurgandy

Like it says - Amazon Kindle app for Mac seems to have removed the download option for downloading books. Usually you right click on a book, and select download. Now the option is unavailable, and in the menu bar it is grayed out and unclickable. This will be a big problem for people like me who download the books to put into Calibre.

Anyone know of a workaround? Maybe buy a kindle, and download the books off the Kindle to the Mac? Is that possible? I want to still be able to use Calibre with the books I purchase from Amazon. Thanks

Are you CURRENT? Amazon made changes to their devices.
I would assume, the app would keep pace.

Maybe they just moved or renamed the option (Windows user here. And it pops a error when starting., But works)

RonBurgandy · 06-10-2016, 10:58 AM

Ok -2 issues. What happened was all my books were automatically syncing to my Kindle for Mac application, and after I changed a setting they stopped syncing. So the books that I was selecting to download were already downloaded, and did not have the download option.

But... Oddly enough, after I synced them, I checked for the download option - saw it was there, and then went back to browsing the web. Checking about 3 hours later I noticed that all 10 new books were automatically downloaded. Strange... - that never happened before. I would always have to select each one individually to download them. Works for me! Less work for me to do.

Thanks again both of you for responding

06-05-2016, 01:45 PM	#1
RonBurgandy Newbie Posts: 6 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NY Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Kindle App for Mac Removed "Download Option" Like it says - Amazon Kindle app for Mac seems to have removed the download option for downloading books. Usually you right click on a book, and select download. Now the option is unavailable, and in the menu bar it is grayed out and unclickable. This will be a big problem for people like me who download the books to put into Calibre. Anyone know of a workaround? Maybe buy a kindle, and download the books off the Kindle to the Mac? Is that possible? I want to still be able to use Calibre with the books I purchase from Amazon. Thanks

06-10-2016, 10:58 AM	#4
RonBurgandy Newbie Posts: 6 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NY Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Ok -2 issues. What happened was all my books were automatically syncing to my Kindle for Mac application, and after I changed a setting they stopped syncing. So the books that I was selecting to download were already downloaded, and did not have the download option. But... Oddly enough, after I synced them, I checked for the download option - saw it was there, and then went back to browsing the web. Checking about 3 hours later I noticed that all 10 new books were automatically downloaded. Strange... - that never happened before. I would always have to select each one individually to download them. Works for me! Less work for me to do. Thanks again both of you for responding Last edited by RonBurgandy; 06-10-2016 at 12:25 PM.

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06-05-2016, 10:01 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Since there would be no point to the app if you couldn't download books and read them I have to think something's not working right. Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall?

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